Iran Commander Claims Tehran Has Missile Capable of Striking Israel

September 29, 2016

Sputnik International:

Last week, the Iranian military conducted a parade through the capital of Tehran, displaying a wide variety of tanks, warplanes, and missiles.

According to Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Aerospace Division, one of those missiles is capable of striking Israel, roughly 764 miles away.

Last week, Hajizadeh claimed that one of the missiles on display, the Zolfaghar, had a range of roughly 466 miles. That missile was adorned with a banner that warned against Israeli provocations.

“If the leaders of the Zionist regime make one false move, the Islamic republic will turn Tel Aviv and Haifa to dust,” the banner said. According to General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces, Tehran is concerned with the recently agreed-upon military aid deal between the US and Israel. “The recent decision of the American criminals to give military aid to the usurper Zionist regime reinforces our determination to increase our defense capabilities,” Bagheri said, according to the Times of Israel….

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