Iran unveils new tactical radar and simulator

Author: Published: October 3, 2021

Iranian Air Defense unveils radar with enhanced combat capabilities, simulator to be used against ballistic missiles.

Arutz Sheva Staff , Oct 03 , 2021 6:50 AM

 

Iranian missile display in Tehran

Iranian missile display in Tehran

Reuters

The Iranian Air Defense unveiled an indigenous tactical radar and a simulator on Saturday, the Xinhua news agency reported, citing Iranian media.

The “Hormuz” mid-range radar is capable of calculating the velocity and distance of targets with high accuracy and transferring data to the fire control system for the launch of air defense missiles, Iranian Air Defense Commander Alireza Sabahi Fard was quoted as having said.

The new radar features its enhanced combat capabilities, less time for repair and maintenance, and higher precision in detecting targets, he added.

The “Shams” simulator, also unveiled on Saturday, will be used against ballistic missiles and a range of other targets, and it can simulate action against various targets in long ranges through modern combat scenarios, said Sabahi Fard.

Iran often boasts of its military accomplishments, though it is not always possible to say with certainty that it is telling the truth about those accomplishment

In 2017, the Islamic Republic claimed to have unveiled a domestically manufactured tank which “has the capability to fire missiles and precisely guide them.”

Previously, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claimed it had successfully tested a Hormuz 2-type ballistic missile.

Iran has also claimed it is in possession of the “father of all bombs”, described as a domestically-made 10-ton bomb with a high destructive power.

Earlier this year, the Commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claimed that the country has drones with a range of 7,000 km (4,375 miles).

Iran Supreme Leader’s rep. calls for destruction of Israel

Author: Published: October 2, 2021

Lotfollah Dezhkam said the “destruction of the Zionist regime” is an “important issue.”

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL

OCTOBER 2, 2021 07:05
Iran's new President Ebrahim Raisi receives the endorsement decree for his presidency from Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran August 3, 2021. (photo credit: OFFICIAL KHAMENEI WEBSITE/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)
Iran’s new President Ebrahim Raisi receives the endorsement decree for his presidency from Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran August 3, 2021.
(photo credit: OFFICIAL KHAMENEI WEBSITE/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)
Lotfollah Dezhkam, the representative for the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Fars province, urged the elimination of the Jewish state in a Friday sermon in the city of Shiraz.
The Islamic clerical firebrand declared that “the global arrogance led by America with the complicity of Israel seeks to delay the realization of an important issue which is the destruction of the Zionist regime.”
Kian Meli, a news outlet opposed to the Islamic Republic of Iran, quoted his remarks. Three regime-controlled news organizations: Islamic Republic News Agency, Fars News and Tasnim, reported on his speech.
Sheina Vojoudi, an Iranian dissident who fled to Germany to escape persecution, said: “The more the Mullahs spread hate speech against the Jewish State of Israel, the more Iranian people realize that Israel is our friend because the regime in Iran is the only enemy that we have. His hate speech against Israel is not surprising when Ali Khamenei as the leader of the Islamic Republic calls for the annihilation of Israel and Dezhkam is his representative.”
She added that “We are tired of their antisemitism. We have a long history with the Jewish people and we want to be able to revive that 2700 years of friendship. The Islamic Republic’s antisemitism is lethal and endangers both Iranians and Israelis. The regime accuses Iranian dissidents of being Israeli spies and calls the protesters against the regime’s corruption on Israeli agents and considers them against national security. We want to normalize relations with Israel like other normal countries.”

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a televised speech in Tehran, Iran March 11, 2021. (credit: OFFICIAL KHAMENEI WEBSITE/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a televised speech in Tehran, Iran March 11, 2021. (credit: OFFICIAL KHAMENEI WEBSITE/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)

Vojoudi asked “why should our wealth be spent on funding terrorism against Israel and our people suffer from poverty? The democratic countries in the world, especially the EU and the US, should be aware of the Islamic Republic’s dangerous antisemitism. The regime targets Israelis and Iranian dissidents wherever they can. It is the ideology of the Islamic Republic and Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, said in one of his speeches: ‘the Muslims must fight until the annihilation of Israel.’ This is what the Islamic Republic in Iran is about and must be stopped.”
The United States government under both democratic and republican administrations has classified Iran’s regime as the leading state-sponsor of international terrorism. The Anti-Defamation League’s CEO, Jonathan Greenblatt, testified before the House Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism in 2020 and said at the hearing, Iran’s regime is the top state-sponsor of Holocaust denial and antisemitism.
The Middle East Media Research Institute reported last year that Ayatollah Dezhkam said in a June sermon that aired on Fars TV (Iran): “America cannot be the main decision-maker when it comes to strategic matters in the world… The sound of America being shattered, and of its collapse, is being heard all over the world. The shout of the Iranian nation [is] being heard from the mouths of the Americans themselves: Death to America!” The audience responded by chanting: “Death to America!”

‘War with Israel already started’ says Iranian FM spokesman

Author: Published: October 1, 2021

A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry told Maariv that a solution must be found for regional issues according to UN resolutions.

By GIDEON KOUTS / MAARIV

OCTOBER 1, 2021 09:21
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh (photo credit: Maryam Kamyab/Mehr News Agency)
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh
(photo credit: Maryam Kamyab/Mehr News Agency)
“The war with Israel has already started,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told Maariv. “Israel has carried out attacks that were intended to destroy our nuclear program for peaceful purposes. It murdered nuclear scientists and harmed the Iranian people. Iran is accused of terrorism, but there is no good or bad terrorist. The whole crisis in the region is Israel’s fault.”
Khatibzadeh later claimed that Israel had “done everything” to thwart the nuclear talks in Vienna and to cause conflict between Iran and the world powers. He accused the United States of “soft terrorism” by holding up medicine and starving the people of his country.
The Iranian spokesman said that Iran’s strategic decision to return to the seventh round of nuclear talks in Vienna had already been made and that its country had already announced this two weeks ago to the EU representative responsible for the talks.

DELEGATES WAIT for the start of talks on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, in Vienna, Austria, last month. (credit: EU DELEGATION IN VIENNA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)DELEGATES WAIT for the start of talks on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, in Vienna, Austria, last month. (credit: EU DELEGATION IN VIENNA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)

Asked if he thought a return to the nuclear deal would prevent a military operation by Israel, the spokesman replied: “Israel has severely damaged our research and civilian system. There is talk of an Iranian nuclear threat, but Israel has hundreds of bombs, and it has never signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty.”
However, Khatibzadeh, who spoke at the World Peace Forum, said that “the region is tired of wars. We must find a new approach to solving the problems according to UN resolutions. All parties must show political will for an arrangement.”

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