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Iran launches ballistic missile from warship for first time
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) released footage on Tuesday, showing it successfully launched long-range ballistic missiles from one of its warships for the first time.
According to IRNA, the IRGC’s Navy is now capable of carrying ballistic missiles with a range of 1,750 kilometers.
The two Fateh-class missiles successfully hit the targets in Iran’s central desert, Dasht-e Kavir.
Chief Commander of the IRGC Major General Hossein Salami said on Monday that the achievement means that the IRGC will have the capacity to hit any target because its ocean-cruising warships can sail to any location around the world.
Salami said the long-range ballistic missiles were fired in joint cooperation between the IRGC Aerospace Force and the IRGC Navy. The development comes amid Iran’s growing success in expansion of its defensive missile program. The country has used the missiles in attacks in recent years on terrorist targets located as far as the Mediterranean Sea. However, Iran has repeatedly declared that its missile capabilities are solely used for deterrence and defense.
Iran wins rulings in five international cases: VP
Iran’s Vice President for Legal Affairs Mohammad Dehqan said the Islamic Republic has recently won rulings in five international cases.
Dehqan said that one case pertains a number of Iranian schools which had been confiscated in some Persian Gulf littoral states, Press TV reported. The case was followed up by domestic courts and a verdict was issued in favor of Iran, he added.
Dehqan also pointed to another legal case in which the Supreme Court of Luxembourg issued a judgment in October 2023 on the release of 1.7 billion dollars of Iran’s frozen assets in the European country.
According to the verdict, the legal obstacles to access the 1.7 billion dollars of the foreign currency assets of the Central Bank of Iran in Luxembourg have been removed. The vice president noted that further information would be announced later regarding the other cases.