Iran says it has developed long-range cruise missile, threatens U.S. – National | 24CA News
Iran has developed a cruise missile with a variety of 1,650 km (1,025 miles) a high Revolutionary Guards commander mentioned on Friday, in a transfer prone to increase Western considerations after Russia’s use of Iranian drones within the Ukraine struggle.
Separately, Amirali Hajizadeh, the pinnacle of the Revolutionary Guards aerospace pressure, additionally spoke of Iran’s typically repeated menace to avenge the U.S. killing of a high Iranian commander, saying “We are looking to kill (former U.S. President Donald) Trump.”
“Our cruise missile with a range of 1,650 km has been added to the missile arsenal of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Hajizadeh instructed state TV.
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The tv broadcast what it mentioned was the primary footage displaying the brand new Paveh cruise missile.
Hajizadeh mentioned Iran didn’t intend to kill “poor soldiers” when it launched a ballistic missile assault on U.S.-led forces in Iraq days after Iranian navy commander Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike in 2020 in Baghdad.
“God willing, we are looking to kill Trump. (Former Secretary of State Mike) Pompeo … and military commanders who issued the order (to kill Soleimani) should be killed,” Hajizadeh mentioned within the tv interview.
Iranian leaders have typically vowed to avenge Soleimani in robust phrases.
Iran has expanded its missile program, notably its ballistic missiles, in defiance of opposition from the United States and expressions of concern by European nations. Tehran says this system is only defensive and of a deterrent nature.
Iran has mentioned it had equipped Moscow with drones earlier than the struggle in Ukraine. Russia has used the drones to focus on energy stations and civilian infrastructure.
In November, the Pentagon mentioned the United States was skeptical of reviews quoting Hajizadeh as saying Iran had developed a hypersonic ballistic missile.
(Reporting by Dubai newsroom; Editing by Alistair Bell and Grant McCool)
