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Iran Says Missiles Can Hit Europe
Iran said that it has increased the range of its missiles to the point where they could hit areas in Europe, Reuters reported today (see GSN, Sept. 27). “Now we have the power to launch a missile with a 2,000-kilometer range. Iran is determined to improve its military capabilities,” Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iran’s former president, told the country’s official news agency. Previous military estimates had placed Iran’s missile range at 810 miles, which would allow it to strike anywhere in Israel. “If the Americans attack Iran, the world will change. … They will not dare to make such a mistake,” Rafsanjani added. The United States has “serious concerns about Iran’s missile programs,” State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli said yesterday. “We view Iran’s efforts to further develop its missile capabilities as a threat to the region and to the United States’ interests, and all the more so in light of its ongoing nuclear program,” Ereli said (see GSN, today). Ereli declined to say whether the United States believes the details of the claim, but said it was well known that Iran is completing medium-range missile development and working toward a longer-range system. “These kinds of long-range missiles ... have been an active area of Iranian weapons development for some time,” he said (Reuters/Washington Post, Oct. 5).
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