From Ha'aretz 28/1/2006 ...
TEHRAN - Iran said on Saturday it would launch medium-range missiles if attacked and accused Britain and the United States of arming rebels in its south, as international pressure on Tehran over its nuclear plans grew."If we come under a military attack, we will respond with our very effective missile defense," Yahya Rahim Safavi, commander in chief of the Revolutionary Guard, told state television....
...Military experts reckon the Revolutionary Guard's Shahab-3 missiles have a range of some 2,000 km (1,200 miles), meaning Israel, U.S. bases in the Gulf and foreign troops in Iraq lie within their range.
..."Iran produces its own ballistic missiles and does not draw on any foreign assistance for technology," Safavi said.....
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