Iran Says It Will Not Develop Longer Range Missiles

Iran does not intend to develop a missile with a longer range than the Shahab-3, which can fly more than 1,500 kilometers, Iran’s Defense Ministry announced today (see GSN, Sept. 22).

“As we have said on several occasions and contrary to certain statements, Iran has no program to build a Shahab-4 missile,” the announcement said (see GSN, Jan. 28). It was not clear what prompted the Defense Ministry to release the statement (Agence France-Presse/IranMania.com, Nov. 5).

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