Tehran: Iranian media say the military has test-fired several short-range missiles, including the type Palestinian Hamas group used to attack Tel Aviv last November.
Thursday’s report by the semi-official Fars news agency says the missiles were tested during an army exercise in central Iran. It says the missiles fired were Nazeat-10 and Fajr-5.
During weeks of fighting in November, Gaza’s Hamas rulers fired Iranian-made Fajr-5 rockets that came close to Israel’s heartland, including the cities of Tel Aviv and occupied Jerusalem for the first time.
Later, Iran admitted supplying Hamas with the technology to produce Fajr-5. The missile has a range of 75km. The range of the Nazeat-10 missiles is about 100km.
Iran regularly holds manoeuvres to test and promote its military power.
