Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) test-fired Monday the indigenously-developed long-range Shahab-3 missile, which, defense analysts say, potentially puts Israel and U.S. bases in the Gulf within its reach, the Islamic republic's local English-language Press TV reported.
The test-firings came on the second day of the war games, codenamed The Great Prophet IV, to mark the "Sacred Defense" week, the start of the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s.
"Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has successfully test-fired Shahab-3 missile," Press TV said, adding that the range of the missile was between 805 miles and 1240 miles (1,300 and 2000 kilometers).
The report said the IRGC also test-fired several other missiles, including Shahab-1 and Shahab-2 medium-range missiles with multiple warheads capable of hitting targets between 185 and 435 miles (300 and 700km).
Earlier Sunday, Iran tested three short-range missiles--Tondar-69, Fateh-110 and Zelzal.
The exercises came at a time of heightened tensions between Tehran and western powers after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the U.N. nuclear watchdog, revealed Friday that the Islamic republic was building a second uranium-enrichment plant, drawing condemnation from western leaders.
It also came ahead of the October 1 nuclear talks between Iran and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany in Geneva.
A document sent by the White House to U.S. legislators, said the suspected nuclear site in the arid mountains near the city of Qom is believed to be inside a heavily- guarded, underground facility of the Revolutionary Guard.
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