Sajjil-2 missile

Iran 'test launches' medium-range missile

BBC: Iran says it has successfully test launched a mid-range surface-to-surface missile, state media has reported. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the Sajjil-2 missile used "advanced technology" and had "landed exactly" on the unspecified target. He was speaking in Semnan, from where the missile, with a range of 2,000km (1,240 miles), was reportedly launched >>>



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20-May-2009
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Agho HATEIRan

by capt_ayhab on

so many SCRIPTED AIPAC material in these comments that I know them by heart now.

HATEIRan, can you tell me what is it about Iranian defensive arsenal that make you and your buddies  so nervous? Don't you like for Iranian people to be able to defend themselves in case of foreign aggressors?

When you decide to answer, do not rehash your regular arajeef and SCRIPTED propaganda. will you?

-YT


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Deep Trouble

by GoosheNeshin (not verified) on

A few facts from which the average mind should be able to take conclusion.
Russia and China are now pushing for dropping the $US as a reserve, and adopting a basket of currencies. Recent begging by Clinton of the Chinese, to buy MORE US debt. The refusal of the Chinese and their current massive buying spree of US property, with their HUGE mountains of soon to be worthless $US. Rights to China recently upon their demand, in order for them to send in Chinese troops to secure their investments.


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Waterloo Waiting

by PesareSHojA (not verified) on

USA is almost finished, it is on its knees financially and is one key stroke by the Chinese away from financial oblivion. Chinese are the only news you would get about a war with Iran, will be whatever you hear over the loudspeakers at the FEMA camps you may find yourself in.

WEST have failed to even control two small countries, are losing in Afghanistan and Actually Iran is to all intents and purposes the Waterloo awaiting.


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Israel has never been at

by PesareSHojA (not verified) on

Israel has never been at peace. it was founded in living memory based on conspiracy and terrorism and has never given nor enjoyed respect from anybody let alone their long suffering neighbors. Israel is a cowards country which can only fight smaller weaker enemies and prefers unarmed civilians, they scream they are under threat of destruction the instant a few men start shooting back against their armor, planes and artillery. Israel will not last another twenty years, according to the CIA.


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IRI supporters

by HATEIRI (not verified) on

In Iran it is easier for the Hizbolahis to make their point it is normally through violence and oppression.

But come on here stop bullying people.

90% of the world knows that the people who are running the IRI regime are thugs, criminals and terrorists.

Now they have two or three rockets good for them.

The schools in Iran still have no proper classrooms where student can study. In the winter they are freezing to death.

The school, educations system, transportation, water/sewer, housing, urban infrastructure, inflation, unemployment, what about all these factors?

UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia are way advance in technology and infrastructure. I have never seen a poor Saudi.

But there are million poor Iranians.

Last year government budget allocated $200 million dollars towards Hamas and Hizbollah and openly passed the bill in Majlis.

What do you think the countries budget was?


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Ancient Persians were not sisies, They built an empire ...

by YesYes (not verified) on

Iran needs weapons to defend her land, identity and independence. Go Iran!


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Go Iran!!

by GuessWho... (not verified) on

The option to attack without a big cost is what western hawks like Shultz and Kissinger are battling to preserve. As some have already stated, Iran's military or nuclear advancement is a sticking point for the west because it simply takes away real consequences from attacking Iran at random. If the west didn't have ill intensions, it would care if Iran develops the bomb becaue we have enough nuclear bombs to cover every square mile of the middle east if an attack was to come from that region.

Also the poeple in Iran aren't fense posts as some of you naive garbzadeh's have been brainwashed to believe, so put a lid on it unless you are willing to pack up and go back there to fight for these rights that you keep quarterbacking after the ball game is over.

Iran must continue it's advancement in science regardless of who is in power. Muallah's, hanjees, metrosexuals, whomever. It must also hurry it's soltani packed behind and learn how to process fuel internally so it can also dispatch a big bilokh to bogus economic sanctions designed to keep a talented and loving nation from advancing ahead.

You can't to be patriotic to Iran, yet ecourage thugs to oblierate that nation for bogus self serving reasons and greed.


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Iran 'test launches' medium-range missile

by luciferous (not verified) on

after having read all the comments i must ask myself why was the number of candidates so small. only 450. i think the registration of candidates would have been very funny if all these commentatores had registered. It was not even necessary to be present in tehran for the registration. The Mullahs go modern. the candidate could register per eMail. I regret that so many intelligenc, powere and wit get lost just for nothing in the diaspora. and the only one who has the benefit is the "IRANIAN". In tzher same time wait those 7ty million fanatic mullahs for at least one or more clevers.


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why hasn't United States or Israel attacked yet?

by Faribors Maleknasri M. D. (not verified) on

Because of humanity.
Attacking the Islamic Republic of Iran ends with too many deads. GIs. Besides the blue water of persian gulf would get red of the blood of those yer barkilng and grunting strange creatures for a too long time. some poeple consider also the economical situation. again some others get nightmare when they think on their disturbed energysupply as a result of the unprofessional behaviore. The italian FM wanted to repeat what europians have eaten and vomitted thausands times in the last years. For the beloved president of the Islamic Republic of Iran would have been an stressy and bothering face to face speech with that man. It was a true relaxation for him beeing for a while in the city, where he was borned. Mahmood is the prersident elect, Since Mussavi and Rezaii have not been allways physically and ideologically so fit as him. I wounder how these two candidates would have reacted in the university in the united states. you remember? I am sure not so adequate as Mahmood. this just as an example for the fact that mahmood is not only the the acting but also the future president. Greeting


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Attention: Ostaad (student)

by 1 hamvatan (not verified) on

You call yourself Ostaad? You are not even a good student! Sir, read again but slowly, see " This idiot president of terrorist nation" I did not say Iran, nation as in IRI nation, got it? Surely he is not president of Iran, when a guy named ali geda elected him.

You need understand, Islamic republic is a Terrorist organization, nothing more, they are nothing, they are worthless to people of IRAN.

Someday, hopefully soon. Iran will be a free of akhounds and traitors who want nothing but destruction of our homeland.

Mr.Ostaad, please think before speak.


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Ostaad

by HATEIRI (not verified) on

Wow way to go defending the Anta president and the IRI terrorist regime.

Don't call hamvatan's famil names? He didn't call you any names he was talking about that fascist ,corrupt president of Iran, unless you are related to that terrorist then you have the right to be offended.

Other than I admire your Hizbollahiness and courage to defend IRI regime. keep up the good work

IRI regime is a terrorist entity and one that needs to be wiped of the map.


Ostaad

Hamvatan, but NOT verified,

by Ostaad on

How can you call yourself "Hamvatan" and in the same sentence call Iran a "terrorist nation"?!!! I think your real vatan is Jerkestan, not Iran. Schmuks like you are not allowed to talk about smart things, just the dumb things suite your character.

BTW, by calling Iran's president "antar", are you referring to your family resemblane in him?


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It is never smart to be weak.

by Parviz Khan (not verified) on

Revolutionaries criticized shah for purchasing weapons and claimed it is waste of money. Those weapons plus brave Iranians saved our country from Iraq and the world. They learned their lesson and realized that regardless of your politics a county need to be strong to survive.


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HATEIRI

by Dariush (not verified) on

You seem to be on fire.
I heard Iran has about 1,500 of these missiles. If they are fired 100 at the time, even if a few are intercepted, most of them will land on the targets. So there really is no use for nuclear weapons. However, I wouldn't count out that Iran may already have nuclear weapons too.


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The WMD which Iran does have

by GoosheNeshin (not verified) on

The WMD which Iran does have and which nobody seems willing to mention. Not only could Iran destroy Israel any time it chose not to care about the consequences, Iran is capable of destroying Israel in retaliation for an attack such as the planned one against Iranian nuclear facilities. Iran may even be capable of destroying the USA also. Unlike the USA and Israel, Iran is not into hyperbole, threats and aggression. They are quite capable of keeping quiet about a few nukes they may have to hand and an even more horrible weapon, Chemical and Biological weapons. Indeed if the idea was to "wipe Israel off the map" an idea which is not overly unwelcome in a large part of the world today, perhaps the majority, then what better way than to wait until Israel made an unforgiveable attack against a nuclear facility, equal to a nuclear attack, and then wiping them out? Either with a couple of Russian supplied nukes or a few hundred suicide "bombers" with small packages on them?


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DUMBEST SMART MOVE BY AN ANTAR

by 1 Hamvatan (not verified) on

You know what? this is actually dumbest move I have seen by any standard, yet smart at the same time, why?

which part do you want first? OK, we start with the dumb part:

This idiot president of terrorist nation just blow away millions of taxpayers money at the eve of an election to show off mighty power to other terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah in hope to sell to them in near future.

Now the smart part: This just showed at eve of presidential election, this president antar that, IRI is not interested in peace at anytime, not now nor ever and they are showing that they have no interest in people's welfare, just their own survival.

Please people, do not justify these idiots moves, everything these Islamic traitors do is for themselves not people, don't believe me? just look who are the candidates: a murderer, executioner and idiot.


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to HATEIRI

by Ali1234 (not verified) on

Your statements are childish and over-sensational. We can not have a constructive debate unless you inject some rationality and objectivity in your arguments.

Like many other political systems, the Islamic Republic contains some constructive and some destructive forces within itself. During the past 30 years, the Iranian society has had some great achievements but it has also had some terrible setbacks. There has been a constant struggle between the constructive progressive forces of the I.R (and the Iranian society) and the destructive reactionary ones. The same pattern can be seen in the U.S between the ultra-conservatives like Bush's neocons and the more liberal forces like Obama.

Now, you can go on and rant all you want about the "evil" I.R deliberately wanting to destroy the Iranian people. And keep pointing at the poorest regions of Iran and making absurd generalizations about the whole country. But no one will take you seriously, until you start arguing in a more rational and mature way.


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Idiots in every brand and sizes

by Mashty (not verified) on

If anyone is wondering why Iran is so poor, as when we were all democratic, free and advance society (lost in space, During 1970s, the prosperous era, in a small norther tehran neighborhood who didn't care to witness that not even Shiraz, a major city had a proper drinking water, electricity, school, roads, etc.) or if anyone is wondering why we are so educated today, standing on our own feet might....WAIT, JUST MIGHT, scare the West that now we are not in their leash....Please educate some readers who are probably drunk on Wednesday night.
I mean seriously, I don't even know where to begin to answer this silly question. REALLY. Yes really.

With these minds, and we are backwards? us? Iranians? Noooo, you don't mean...

CRAP, good that Iranians in Iran are not from LA. lol


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Don't Forget

by Anonymous Joojeh (not verified) on

Saddam had a lot of these mooshaks too that he used to show off. He took them to his grave with him.


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IRI supporters more questions for you

by HATEIRI (not verified) on

I side with enemies and that is the Iranian people. We are your enemy. We are your number one enemy. We are your nightmare.

I am your nightmare.

IRI regime number one goal is destruction of Iran.

Questions:

Let me ask you this provide me with a report of Iran's economy. I want to hear that from you guys and see how you guys report the numbers.

IRI supporter please tell me how yu see freedom and human rights in Iran.

Do you think there is minority rights? Religious rights? Women rights? Equality right?

How come Kurdistan, Baluchitan, south, east, west of Iran looks like a picture from a war zone?

Why is that people still live in tents and have to drink unsanitary water?

Why is that students are slapped in the face while talking in an institution that promotes, creativity, ingenuity and freedom of expression namely their universities?


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to HATEIRI

by Ali1234 (not verified) on

You said: "For 30 years they have been at it it so why not do a complete destruction"

Can an argument get any dumber than this?!!

"Who is trying to destroy Iran?"

How about you asked this question to the Israeli and American leaders who are now OPENLY calling for the disintegration of Iran based on ethnic lines!!

Why is it that some Iranian ALWAYS side with the enemies of Iran, if the later are Westerners!


1L

to HATEIRI

by 1L on

You ask: "The question is tane ki mikhare? Who is realy irking for a fight? Who is trying to beat drum for a propagnda war?"

Answer: you are exactly right. The IRI is looking for a fight and thats exactly why you shouldnt give them what they want. They want Israel or the US to attack so that the public rallies behind them and they can with ease destroy internal dissent. They want Israel/US to attack so the desire of the people for democracy and human rights can be destroyed in the face of raining bombs and a nuclear fall out. They look forward to the day when all their speeches about how Israel is an evil state etc can be made real in the public's eyes and their role to the masses become legitimate. It is for these reasons that those who hate the IRI the most should not push for the military option.  

 


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IRI Supporters aquestion for you

by HATEIRI (not verified) on

To All those IRI nationalists and those who support IRI cause:

The question is tane ki mikhare? Who is realy irking for a fight? Who is trying to beat drum for a propagnda war?

Who is trying to destroy Iran?

For 30 years they have been at it it so why not do a complete destruction.

At the time when Europeans and Americans trying try to reach the hands of friendship and peace the mules and donkeys in Iran with their Islamic revolution shoved up their butt are firing a missile made of N. Korea with an Iranian name.

People are starving to death and we have increased our military budget and terrorism budget.

So here it goes ..............


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Ask yourselves: why hasn't United States or Israel attacked yet?

by 1965 Tehrani (not verified) on

The U.S. and Israel attack nations that don't have any ability whatsoever to retaliate (e.g. Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Palestinians). The U.S. and Israel have militaries that are stronger than those of Iran, but Iran still has some ability to hit back. In other words, Iran does not fit the description of their favored targets, i.e. totally defenseless nations. Israel is trying to manipulate the situation in order to have the U.S. do its dirty work of attacking Iran.


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To Bad Shaghayegh

by amirieh (not verified) on

This "defensive move" will not stop anyone from attacking the IRI. Saddam and many of these "defensive moves" and look what happened to him. The USA or Israel can take all of these toys out in about 30 minutes.

This is a waist of Iranian peoples money. I just hope it does not cost Iranian lives. These Islamists are not worth it.


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Beautiful

by Parviz Khan (not verified) on

This makes me so proud.

P.


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Artificial Intelligence

by Shaghayegh (not verified) on

Yes this is a defensive move. For Iran that has been the target of the West, any military advances are for defensive purposes. To be clear here, if your country attacks Iran, then Iran will send these gifts back to you. Therefore: defensive.


Artificial Intelligence

Abarmard, you call this "defensive advances"?

by Artificial Intelligence on

Actually these are offensive advances since they don't stop incoming missiles. This only adds to the fear the European and Arabs have and strenghenes the hands/arguments of the Israelis.  Ahmadinejad AGAIN just did a huge favor for the Israelis. 

See article below re US funding of Arrow 3 announced today. If this was the message that Iran wanted to send to Obama then the US decision below was the answer back.

Raising the stakes and an Ahmadinejad victory only helps Israel, AIPAC and the hawkish elements in the Obama administration. 

 

U.S. to continue funding Israel anti-missile system By Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz Correspondent

The United States will continue funding Israel's Arrow anti-ballistic
missile system, U.S. defense officials decided during their annual
strategic dialogue at the Pentagon this week.

Israeli
defense officials have recently been concerned that cuts in the U.S.
defense budget, along with Pentagon unwillingness to fund a project
that does not employ American workers, could harm the future of the
Arrow.

The Arrow III - which is expected to have the
capability of intercepting a ballistic missile at an early stage of its
flight path, allowing for the possibility of more attempts at
interception if the first one fails - is under development, but without
U.S. funding, it would have been difficult to continue developing the
missile system upgrade.

Top Israeli defense officials were
informed last month by their American counterparts that there were no
plans underway to cut funding for the Arrow system, but the
announcement on Wednesday has confirmed continuation of the project.

The announcement was made just hours Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared that Iran has successfully test-fired a new advanced missile with a range of about 1,200 miles, far enough to strike Israel and southeastern Europe as well as U.S. bases in the Gulf.

Israel's
successful test last month of the upgraded Arrow II anti-ballistic
missile system made defense officials hopeful that the United States
would continue funding the system, which is designed to defend against
possible ballistic missile attacks by Iran and Syria.

That
Arrow missile test intercepted a Blue Sparrow missile simulating the
flight path of an Iranian Shahab-3 ballistic missile over the
Mediterranean. It was the first test of an upgraded Arrow missile
combined with new radar - the X-band radar the United States installed
in the Negev nine months ago - and a new command and control system.

 


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Made in North Korea

by Kim Jong Il (not verified) on

I am very proud of the accomplishments of the great people of North Korea.


Abarmard

Is this the right time

by Abarmard on

I believe this is the right time for Mr. Ahmadinejad to show off Iranian defensive advances. I question if this was a right time for the country to broadcast this technology.

I believe that Mr. Ahmadinejad is worried about reelection against his opponents and canceled his important meetings with Italian diplomats to attend this event.

It's going to be an interesting month.