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Report: Iran deploys missile batteries in Persian Gulf
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel News, Iran, Nuclear 

Iran has deployed missile batteries in the Persian Gulf in an attempt to deter an attack against its nuclear facilities, the Saudi newspaper al-Watan reported Tuesday.

An Iranian source told al-Watan that the deployment took place after the Islamic Republic received secret information that the United States and Israel were planning to attack it.

According to the report, the Iranians stationed surface-to-air missiles and surface-to-sea missiles as part of the deployment.
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The missiles are portable and are controlled by the Revolutionary Guards, a branch of Iran's military seen as fiercely loyal to the country's clerical rulers.

The deployment of the missiles indicates that Iran believes an attack against its nuclear facilities will be conducted from the air or the sea.

Iran reportedly told the Arab states of the Gulf region that the missile deployment was not intended to threaten them.

Meanwhile, a new study has concluded that Iran is currently capable of carrying out a conventional missile attack on Israel - a substantial but not existential threat.

Uzi Rubin, former head of the Defense Ministry's Homa Project (code for the Arrow anti-ballistic missile system), and Tal Inbar, head of the Fisher Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies, who conducted the research, consider Iran's missile arsenal its main deterrent and describe the country's significant investments in the area.

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      1.   Sounds like campaign season in Iran 11:49  |  dyinglikeflies 12/05/09
      2.   A substantial but not existential threat?? 11:53  |  Tzfonit 12/05/09
      3.   TEHRAN ALSO A TARGET 11:53  |  steve 12/05/09
      4.   More to destroy 12:01  |  Baruch Gold 12/05/09
      5.   the attack option is already fully planned 12:13  |  Joey 12/05/09
      6.   #3 - TEHRAN ALSO A TARGET 12:20  |  Reza 12/05/09
      7.   Tzfonit it is inconceivable 12:29  |  fares 12/05/09
      8.   Suspicious Minds. 12:31  |  Stephen. 12/05/09
      9.   Reza....Are you a citizen of the UK? 13:32  |  Lynn 12/05/09
      10.   Steve who is panicking? 13:37  |  Jamshid 12/05/09
      11.   #8 Stephen....and, there are countries or states 13:40  |  Lynn 12/05/09
      12.   # 10 Jamshid....I read the Iranian media 13:55  |  Lynn 12/05/09
      13.   This story a response to the release of 14:06  |  Chris Linthwaite 12/05/09
      14.   WHAT are they worried about? Why not open their nuclear plants 14:08  |  PETER SM 12/05/09
      15.   #9 - Lynn 14:14  |  Reza 12/05/09
      16.   ICBM ICBM ICBM 14:24  |  v hardman 12/05/09
      17.   Tehran is a target 14:29  |  M 12/05/09
      18.   Iran 14:38  |  M 12/05/09
      19.   Lynn Maliki is very pro Iran 14:48  |  fares 12/05/09
      20.   Electoral season in Ayatolland. 14:53  |  Fortuna Benmayor 12/05/09
      21.   #17 - M 15:03  |  Reza 12/05/09
      22.   M/Teheran is not the target 15:06  |  Anne 12/05/09
      23.   Chris Linthwaite 13 15:16  |  Pamela 12/05/09
      24.   Lynn Maliki is very pro Iran 15:18  |  fares 12/05/09
      25.   #14 They already do, PETER SM. 15:29  |  Johnboy 12/05/09
      26.   #6 :because they have 6million reasons that .... 15:35  |  Ramin 12/05/09
      27.   #17: have you forgotten the Safavid dynasty?? 15:40  |  Ramin 12/05/09
      28.   #18 Pamela 15:42  |  Chris Linthwaite 12/05/09
      29.   Reza 16:37  |  M 12/05/09
      30.   Anne 16:43  |  M 12/05/09
      31.   if iran is attacked.... 16:52  |  watcher 12/05/09
      32.   #28 - M 17:00  |  Reza 12/05/09
      33.   #2 Tzfonit 17:05  |  BDS 12/05/09
      34.   Israel would not attack Iran 17:07  |  US Lover 12/05/09
      35.   Pamela. Is this the god slot? 17:08  |  ave 12/05/09
      36.   Iran deploys. 17:31  |  David Nigel Braham 12/05/09
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      38.   THANKYOU iran FOR POINTING OUT WHERE THE SECRET Nuke PLACES ARE! 17:39  |  dav zee 12/05/09
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      41.   falling into a trap is what i have planned for i ran 17:56  |  orb 12/05/09
      42.   # 2 Tzfonit..... substantial threats 17:59  |  allang 12/05/09
      43.   Ramin 18:07  |  M 12/05/09
      44.   Attack by Israel on Iran will probably come from 18:09  |  Dennis - MI V 12/05/09
      45.   I hope Persia doesn`t have to use them. 18:19  |  Lou Medel 12/05/09
      46.   to Reza # 6 18:44  |  Mongo 12/05/09
      47.   Iran Press: Abbas rejects Ahmadinejad 18:45  |  AlanRockville 12/05/09
      48.   # 18 M.... a breath of fresh air 18:58  |  allang 12/05/09
      49.   Experts at work 19:21  |  Axel 12/05/09
      50.   Wipe out the assests in strait easily, by US, Israel 20:50  |  JP 12/05/09
      51.   Iran, the biggest cry´n wolf of this generation 20:51  |  JP 12/05/09
      52.   attention, a very great attention!!!!! 21:04  |  rima iabat 12/05/09
      53.   paranoid israel 22:27  |  Jose 12/05/09
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      56.   Answer to #6 23:39  |  Col [Res] Cohen 12/05/09
      57.   Iran rules out Subterranian Attack - Yoav Stern 23:40  |  Mark Lincoln 12/05/09
      58.   More Military News 23:47  |  Mark Lincoln 12/05/09
      59.   Murray of Montreal # 53 No one messes with Canada 00:22  |  American in NY 13/05/09
      60.   reza&Lynn-The supreme leader of Iran is a fanatic that thinks 03:29  |  ks 13/05/09
      61.   #52 - Jose 03:49  |  MichaelF 13/05/09
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      63.   Iranian missiles deployed where it`s needed... 05:38  |  Fortuna Benmayor 13/05/09
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      66.   So Much Ignorance 15:21  |  kal 13/05/09
      67.   JOHNBOY Absent Iranian compliance with its international nuclear 17:11  |  PETER SM 13/05/09
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      69.   There are no thing mean"Percsian Gulf" it,s rong act 17:39  |  Zaina Kayed Shehab 16/05/09
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