The Islamic Republic of Iran displayed its first homemade ballistic missile in a military parade, staged as show of strength, on Tuesday, local Fars news agency reported.
According to he report, the ballistic missile of Sejil with the far-reaching rage of 2,000 km. was publicized near the holy shrine of late Imam Khomeini, near Tehran, in the parades of Iran's military forces. The show at the beginning of the country's Week of Holy Defense marks Iranian sacrifices during the eight years of Iraqi war on Iran in the 1980s. However, coming days before the start of the P5+1 negotiations on Oct. 1st, it emphasizes the already evident gulf between the two parties.
U.S. and Iran Heading Into Talks Worlds Apart the Washington Post reports.
In another show of defiance, Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi announced that Iranian experts are building a new generation of centrifuges.
He explained that the centrifuge machines currently used in Iran's nuclear installations has a separation power of 2.1, while the new generation of Iran-made centrifuges enjoys a separation power of 5.
In the meantime, while the United States and Israel have consistently refused to rule out the possibility of military strikes against Iran over its refusal to halt its nuclear program, Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned that his country retaliate against any possible military strike.
According to he report, the ballistic missile of Sejil with the far-reaching rage of 2,000 km. was publicized near the holy shrine of late Imam Khomeini, near Tehran, in the parades of Iran's military forces. The show at the beginning of the country's Week of Holy Defense marks Iranian sacrifices during the eight years of Iraqi war on Iran in the 1980s. However, coming days before the start of the P5+1 negotiations on Oct. 1st, it emphasizes the already evident gulf between the two parties.
U.S. and Iran Heading Into Talks Worlds Apart the Washington Post reports.
In another show of defiance, Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi announced that Iranian experts are building a new generation of centrifuges.
He explained that the centrifuge machines currently used in Iran's nuclear installations has a separation power of 2.1, while the new generation of Iran-made centrifuges enjoys a separation power of 5.
In the meantime, while the United States and Israel have consistently refused to rule out the possibility of military strikes against Iran over its refusal to halt its nuclear program, Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned that his country retaliate against any possible military strike.
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