DefenceTalkPresident Donald Trump gave a stark warning Saturday that cast growing uncertainty over whether a nuclear deal clinched with Iran would survive after the Islamic republic tested a new medium-range missile. State television carried footage of the launch of the Khoramshahr missile, which was first displayed at a high-profile military parade in Tehran on Friday. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/trump-casts-doubt-over-iran-nuclear-deal-after-missile-test-70551/

DefenceTalkIran has tested its home-grown air defence system, designed to match the Russian S-300, the head of the Revolutionary Guards’ air defence has said. “In parallel with the deployment of the S-300, work on Bavar-373 system is underway,” Farzad Esmaili told state broadcaster IRIB yesterday. “The system is made completely in Iran and some of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-tests-home-grown-bavar-air-defence-system-official-70412/

DefenceTalkThe Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) equipped its Navy with a new anti-ship cruise missile. The cruise missile dubbed as Nasir was handed over by the Iranian Defense Ministry to the naval forces in large quantities at a special ceremony on Saturday which was attended by Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan and IRGC Navy […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iranian-navy-equipped-with-new-anti-ship-cruise-missiles-69806/

DefenceTalkIran on Tuesday warned the United States against fuelling tensions over its ballistic missile tests as the UN Security Council prepared for urgent talks on the issue at Washington’s request. The row comes against a backdrop of already-strained relations over US President Donald Trump’s travel ban on citizens from Iran and six other Muslim-majority countries. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-warns-us-against-creating-tensions-over-missiles-68952/

DefenceTalkThe UN Security Council will hold urgent talks Tuesday on Iran’s test-firing of a medium-range missile, diplomats said. The United States requested the emergency consultations after the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations called for council action. “In light of Iran’s January 29 launch of a medium-range ballistic missile, the United States has requested urgent […]https://www.defencetalk.com/un-security-council-to-hold-urgent-talks-on-iran-missile-test-68936/

DefenceTalkIran’s missile program is “non-negotiable” and tests will continue, foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said on Tuesday, following criticism from European Union diplomats. “Iran’s defence capabilities cannot be compromised and are under no circumstance negotiable,” he told state television IRIB. “Missile tests are conducted within the framework of Iran’s defence policies.” A meeting of EU […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-missile-program-non-negotiable-spokesman-68602/

DefenceTalkTehran has deployed a recently delivered Russian-made long-range missile system to central Iran to protect its Fordo nuclear facility, state television said Sunday. Protecting nuclear facilities is paramount “in all circumstances” General Farzad Esmaili, the commander of Iran’s air defences, told the IRIB channel. “Today, Iran’s sky is one of the most secure in the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-deploys-long-range-missiles-to-fordo-nuclear-site-68072/

DefenceTalkIran launched a new long-range missile late last month, a general announced on Monday, trumpeting the accuracy of the latest such weapon to be test-fired in defiance of the West. “A missile with a 2,000-kilometre range was tested two weeks ago,” said General Ali Abdolahi, adding that it has a negligible margin of error of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-touts-newly-tested-long-range-missile-67422/

DefenceTalkFrench Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Sunday warned Iran of possible European sanctions over its recent ballistic missile launches. “If necessary, sanctions will be taken,” Ayrault said after a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry and several European counterparts. Kerry described the launches — which the US has asked to be discussed at […]https://www.defencetalk.com/sanctions-possible-over-iran-ballistic-missile-launches-france-67036/

DefenceTalkIran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has tested ballistic missiles for the second straight day in an attempt to show strength and in defiance of U.S. warnings. The IRGC fired two missiles, Qadr-H and Qadr-F, from the heights of the Alborz Mountains in northern Iran, the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news agency reported. The missiles traveled […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-tests-medium-range-missiles-show-strength-67005/