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TEHRAN — Iran said it fired two medium range missile into the Indian
Ocean six months ago under the eyes of "American spy planes," local
media reported on Saturday, quoting a top military commander.

"In
Bahman (Iranian month which runs from January 21 to February 19, two
Revolutionary Guard missiles with the range of 1,900 kilometres (1,180
miles) were fired from Semnan (central Iran) to the designated targets
in the Indian Ocean," said the unit's aerospace chief, Amir Ali
Hajizadeh said.

"This took place with the Americans present in the
area ... We allowed the American spy planes to be in the area but so
far they have not said anything about it," he added, without elaborating
on the missiles fired.

The elite Guards wrapped up a 10-day
military drill codenamed Great Prophet-6 on Wednesday, during which a
number of ballistic missiles were fired.

Tehran's archfoe, the
United States, reacted by saying that "Iran, rather than getting itself
back in the good graces of the international community ... seems to be
bragging about its capabilities, conducting secret programmes, parading
new missiles in front of the press."

Tehran says it has a wide
range of missiles in its arsenal, and regularly boasts about developing
projectiles with substantial range and capabilities. Western military<... >>>