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Iran launches 'huge' war games amid threats to strike Tel Aviv
By News Agencies
Tags: Iran nuclear program 

Iran began large-scale drills on Sunday to help protect its nuclear facilities, state TV said, after a senior Iranian cleric warned on Saturday that the Islamic Republic strike Tel Aviv if attacked.

"If the enemy should want to test its bad luck in Iran, before the dust from its missiles settles in this country, Iran's ballistic missiles would land in the heart of Tel Aviv," said cleric Mojtaba Zolnour, the IRNA news agency reported.

Zalnour is a deputy of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's representative in the Revolutionary Guards, which will be staging the defence drills together with the regular armed forces.
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The official IRNA news agency said on Saturday that the war games would take place in western Iran and that they would be "huge." The exercises are due to last five days, Iranian media quoted Brigadier General Ahmad Mighani as saying.

"It is the biggest war game, which takes place over an area 600,000 sq km (230,000 sq miles). The aim of this war game is to promote military power of the armed forces against any attack," the television quoted Mighani as saying.

"The aim of the drill is to display Iran's combat readiness and military potentials," Mighani said.

"Defense policies, psychological operations and innovations during the war game are among the objectives of the drill."

The United States and Israel have not ruled out military action if diplomacy fails to resolve the row over Iranian nuclear work that the West suspects is aimed at making bombs.

Iran, which insists its nuclear program is solely to generate electricity, has also threatened in the past to hit back with a "crushing" response at Israel and U.S. bases in the Gulf if it is attacked
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  1.   What is this world getting up to? 13:40  |  Ibrahim Bey 22/11/09
  2.   Huge war games..! 13:43  |  Stephen. 22/11/09
  3.   Be prepared but 14:20  |  ky 22/11/09
  4.   Stephen in Geneve 14:26  |  Persian Kitty 22/11/09
  5.   Do the "war games" include 14:28  |  Yonatan 22/11/09
  6.   Caliphate Crosshairs On Tel Aviv, West Jerusalem`s Calculations 14:32  |  Lavi 22/11/09
  7.   Yonatan 14:50  |  Persian Kitty 22/11/09
  8.   yonatan 5 14:55  |  potobac 22/11/09
  9.   persian Kitty 15:57  |  Sabra 22/11/09
  10.   Any IDf attack will 16:02  |  sabra 22/11/09
  11.   A history lesson for the warmongers who want to attack Iran 16:44  |  Richard Pearce 22/11/09
  12.   What would the world think? 16:47  |  Snipes 22/11/09
  13.   sabra Israel can`t even stop rocket attacks from 16:48  |  CJ 22/11/09
  14.   Yonatan Uh huh War is such a good idea... 16:51  |  CJ 22/11/09
  15.   Snipes in Canada 17:07  |  Persian Kitty 22/11/09
  16.   #.4.Persian Kitty. 17:36  |  Stephen. 22/11/09
  17.   ready for war 17:39  |  hameed 22/11/09
  18.   The IDF is not ready for Iran 17:59  |  Natallie Durson 22/11/09
  19.   Taba 18:28  |  Jez 22/11/09
  20.   #12 your ignoring something vital.. 18:36  |  Francois 22/11/09
  21.   Persian Kitty Salaam, Khanem Joon 18:36  |  Phinias Whoppy 22/11/09
  22.   1000 Kamikaze may hit Israel 18:42  |  Tayfun_Turkey 22/11/09
  23.   Israel is supposed to allow own anihililation so that Persian Kit 19:02  |  Absolute Sweden 22/11/09
  24.   #19 Francois, You keep forgeting history.There was no conflict 19:05  |  Canadian Historian 22/11/09
  25.   Iran are they that ignorant? 19:11  |  charro 22/11/09
  26.   Ibrahim Bey: Question 19:22  |  Christopher 22/11/09
  27.   Stupid, Stupid talk of war 19:30  |  Annon 22/11/09
  28.   Sabra, are you working in advertising by any chance? 19:36  |  ManintheMiddle 22/11/09
  29.   Persian Kitty- I agree 19:46  |  Arnold 22/11/09
  30.   Salaam bar Phinias Whoppy-e Gol 19:46  |  Persian Kitty 22/11/09
  31.   #4 Salaam Kitty Khanoom, Khodah Barekat Bedeh 19:51  |  Lavi 22/11/09
  32.   Ms Kitty, we wish the people of Iran well 20:01  |  Stephen in New York 22/11/09
  33.   Women`s rights is a big issue in the Middle East 20:31  |  Anonymous 22/11/09
  34.   Canadian Historian - The zionist regime is not a country 20:34  |  CJ 22/11/09
  35.   charro UH? IF THEY ARE ATTACKED they will retaliate 20:37  |  CJ 22/11/09
  36.   The question is not about IF the confrontations come, but WHEN 20:39  |  Kris Lazar 22/11/09
  37.   Is silence golden? 20:52  |  Morris Valentine 22/11/09
  38.   Iran threatens Israeli civilians; but of course! 21:19  |  Yitzhak 22/11/09
  39.   #1 Ibrihim: Does this include Turkish occupation of Kurdistan? 21:25  |  Yitzhak 22/11/09
  40.   A bombing of all Iranian oil wells at a later stage 21:41  |  Daniel 22/11/09
  41.   #34 CJ "The Zionist Regime is not a Country" 21:46  |  H 22/11/09
  42.   Haaretz_Why don`t you quote Peres on the Iranian nuclear matter?? 21:56  |  Phinias Whoppy 22/11/09
  43.   Stephen in Geneve 21:56  |  Persian Kitty 22/11/09
  44.   Iran doesn`t need Uranium.... 22:12  |  Rubicon 22/11/09
  45.   iran 22:58  |  adam 22/11/09
  46.   watch your back israel--- 23:16  |  IMPORTANT 22/11/09
  47.   ManintheMiddle = dumb 23:39  |  ManoutoftheMiddle 22/11/09
  48.   Israel`s weak point 00:12  |  Axel 23/11/09
  49.   Tayfun from Istanbul 00:21  |  David Israel 23/11/09
  50.   IRAN launches huge war games. 00:24  |  The Teacher/Instruct 23/11/09
  51.   Just let it implode 00:36  |  utagawa 23/11/09
  52.   CJ Iran has been attacking Israel for years 01:01  |  Peter Williams 23/11/09
  53.   I have seen some interesting studies 01:25  |  Mark Lincoln 23/11/09
  54.   IDF=failure 01:40  |  Jethro 23/11/09
  55.   #18 nATALLIE 02:00  |  tobia 23/11/09
  56.   The censored response restated 02:14  |  Mark Lincoln 23/11/09
  57.   Morris Valentine - only by that path 02:15  |  Mark Lincoln 23/11/09
  58.   Israel is called Israel, not Judea 03:20  |  John Isenhower 23/11/09
  59.   US, Israel, Iran, Turkey Dump anti-Peace Pols 03:24  |  John Isenhower 23/11/09
  60.   #37, Morris Valentine 07:01  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/11/09
  61.   Iran should drop Islam 07:03  |  Ben Schenk 23/11/09
  62.   #46 Only by that path 08:52  |  harvey 23/11/09
  63.   Why interfere with religion? 08:57  |  harvey 23/11/09
  64.   How `huge` is `huge` in Iran? 09:52  |  Jojo 23/11/09
  65.   Interferring 10:43  |  Ben Schenk 23/11/09
  66.   IRAN TO STRIKE ISRAEL 15:57  |  MEDARD 23/11/09
  67.   Salaam Lavi joon, Barekate Shoma Ham Ziad!! - Part I 16:45  |  Persian Kitty 23/11/09
  68.   THIS IS A JOB FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH 19:20  |  Ian 23/11/09
  69.   To #15 - Persian Kitty 19:45  |  Col [Res] Cohen 23/11/09
  70.   teacher/instructor 50 22:58  |  potobac 23/11/09
  71.   MEDARD "Threats by Iran to strike Israel..."...In retaliation.. 17:29  |  CJ 24/11/09
  72.   # 70 potobac 2nd atmt 23:11  |  The Teacher/Instruct 24/11/09
  73.   Col [Res] Cohen - Show me... 10:04  |  CJ 25/11/09
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