Iran test fires new ballistic missile after branding US talks ‘useless’
IRAN has test-fired a new ballistic missile – just days after branding talks with Donald Trump “useless”.
Clerics watched on as the Bavar-373 surface-to-air missile system was launched on Saturday morning.
Major General Hossein Salami, the commander of the country’s Revolutionary Guard praised the “successful” test.
He boasted: “Our country is always the arena for testing a variety of defence and strategic systems and these are non-stop movements towards the growth of our deterrent power.
“And yesterday was one of the successful days for this nation.”
The test came just days just hours after Iranian president Hassan Rouhani said “talks are useless” in a speech unveiling the new missile.
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He said: “Now that our enemies do not accept logic, we cannot respond with logic.”
Tensions have been rising between the Islamic Republic and the West since the United States pulled out of an international nuclear agreement last year.
Trump responded with a decision to launch airstrikes – only to call them off at the last minute.
Washington also accused Iran of being behind attacks on several oil tankers in the Gulf, which Tehran denies.
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In June, Iran shot down a US Global Hawk drone with a surface-to-air missile for allegedly violating its airspace, which the United States denies.
And earlier this month, Hassan Rouhani warned that any conflict with Iran would lead to “the mother of all wars”.
He said: “Peace with Iran is the mother of all peace, war with Iran is the mother of all wars.”
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