Iran will inaugurate several missile and arms projects next month to coincide with the 31st anniversary of its 1979 Islamic revolution, a Revolutionary Guards commander said on Tuesday.
Guards commander Massoud Jazayeri did not say whether Iran would test-fire new missiles and gave no other details of the planned events. A missile launch would be likely to add to tension with Western powers worried by Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
“Iran’s Defence Ministry will inaugurate several missiles and arms projects during the Fajr (Dawn) 10-day period, marking the victory of the 1979 Islamic revolution,” he told a news conference.
Source: Reuters
30th Anniversary of Islamic Revolution of Iran to Witness Many Foreign News Agencies, Affirms Ivan Sahar
Tehran, 26th Jan 2009 – The commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of Islamic Revolution, which is scheduled to be held in Iran this February, will witness the active participation of many eminent foreign news agencies, confirms Ivan Sahar, a well-known foreign media service centre of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The main events of this 10-day long grand celebration, which is observed in the commemoration of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s return after 15 years of exile, have been scheduled to take place from 31st January to 10th February.
The celebrations will be flagged off at the exact time that the Ayatollah landed in Iran after overthrowing Mohammad Reza Shah and his Pahlavi regime. A helicopter will shower flowers on the tomb of the Ayatollah. Beginning on Jan 31st, all the events will take place over 10 days and will finally get over on the 10th of Feb, 2009. Many events have been organized in honor of the Islamic Revolution. Different groups of people of the Islamic Republic.
Source: WebWire.com
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When the leader of Iran makes these proclamations he is doing it out of his own understanding of God’s will, which is the real scary part. He should be taken seriously. If he says I will wipe Israel off the map then he truly has the will to do it, but hopefully at this point does not have the means. The administration must take him more seriously than her citizens with the recent military presence in that part of the world. As the author of the book “Final Warning” we need to take him seriously
A ten foot-long rocket puts Iran firmly in competition – with weekend warrior rocket hobbyists from all over America.
The only way in which Iran could really beat our hobbyists with a ten foot-long rocket is the matter of payloads – our humane societies wouldn’t permit the rather pointless launching of mice and turtles in the payload section of hobbyist rockets.
One more vainglorious triumph for the shaheeds of Iran’s rocket industry. (yawn)
Oh, yeah, I forgot – the US Navy carrier battle group now in the Arabian Gulf probably has more space launch capability than the entire Iranian military.
The Standard Missile-3 systems carried on the Aegis cruisers and destroyers of that battle group could knock down anything Iran cares to put into orbit or suborbital trajectories.
And if that’s not enough to neutralize the Iranian missile threat, I’m sure the Fort Wayne, Indiana rocket club would be happy to travel to the Gulf Emirates, launch a few 12-foot rockets with live bait in their nose cones from Dubai, and put Tehran in its place.