The Revolutionary Guard, the military arm of the Islamic regime in Iran, kicked off two days of medium range missile tests and war games in a show of military might on Sunday and Monday. The tests come as international pressure mounts against the regime after revelations of a secret uranium enrichment facility in the city of Qom.
“We will give a fully decisive, crushing and destructive response to anyone who poses a threat to the existence, independence and freedom of the ruling system and our values,” Air Force General Hossein Salami told the Fars New Agency on Monday.
The launch of the military tests is seen by some analysts to be a choreographed response to the heightened international pressure after the nuclear facility in Qom was revealed, 60 miles from another known uranium enrichment facility in Natanz. Read more.