This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. War games carried out by Iran's Revolutionary Guard in the Gulf this week culminated on Friday with missiles flattening a target that resembled Israel's Dimona nuclear reaction. General Hossein Salami, the head of the Guards, said on state television: "These exercises have a very clear message: a serious warning to the Zionist regime's authorities to beware of their mistakes."
We will cut off their hands if they make a wrong move. The angles of launch of missiles are only a change in the distance between actual operations and military exercises. The Revolutionary Guards successfully practiced attacking this critical centre of the Zionist regime in its missile exercise, through a simulation of the Dimona atomic facilities, according to the state's semi-official news agency, Tasnim. The names of missiles fired through the country s south were reported by the official IRNA news agency as Emad, Ghadr, Sejjil, Zalzal, Dezful and Zolfaghar. It added that their ranges vary between 220 miles 350 km and 1,250 miles 2,000 km Tehran's actions have come amid concerns that Israel is planning to target Iranian nuclear sites. Major General Mohammad Bagheri, the Armed Forces Chief of Staff, said Iran had fired 16 missiles of various classes, destroying a number of set targets. The military drills, named Great Prophet, began on Monday in three provinces that border the Persian Gulf Bushehr, Hormozgan and Khuzestan. Britain criticized Iran's actions as a threat to regional and global security. The Foreign Office said on Friday that they condemn Iran's use of ballistic missiles in a test launch confirmed to have been conducted today.
The launch is a violation of UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which requires Iran not undertake any activities related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons, including launches using ballistic missile technology. This action is a threat to regional and international security and we call for Iran to immediately cease its activities. The Foreign Ministry spokesman, Saeed Khatibzadeh, rejected Britain's condemnation, accusing London of meddling in the Gulf State's defensive capacity. According to Reuters, Iran has one of the largest missile programmes in the Middle East, viewing such weapons as a vital deterrent and a means of retaliation against adversaries, including the US, should war break out. Prince Harry rejected the Christmas tradition with Meghan Markle: 'Weird' REVEALED Meghan Markle dropped devastating Christmas update on Instagram LATEST BBC boycott from TODAY as views urged to switch off this Christmas REPORT Iran maintains its ballistic missiles have a range of 1,200 miles 2,000 km and are therefore capable of reaching Israel and US bases in the Middle East. Benny Gantz, Israel's defence minister, has urged world powers not to let Iran play for time in negotiations aimed at reviving the 2015 Tehran nuclear deal brokered by the US, UK, France, China, Russia and Germany. Under the agreement, Iran had agreed to limit its nuclear activities and allow international inspectors to enter the country in exchange for the lifting of crippling economic sanctions.