Iran Denies Supplying Missiles to Iraqi Army

Maj. Gen. Mostafa Izadi, deputy chief of staff of Iranian armed forces, denied recent media reports that Iran has supplied the Iraqi army with close-range Zelzal ballistic missiles, Fars News Agency reported today. Gen. Izadi did not say if the missiles were being used by the Iranian forces in Iraq.  Zelzal-2s have an estimated range of 210 km (130 miles) carrying a 600 kg warhead.

File photo: IRGC-ASF Zelzal Close-Range ballistic Missile (CRBM)

Iran Military Day Parade 2012 (2)

Tehran, Iran 

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Iranian T-72S main battle tank

FV101 Scorpion based armoured reconnaissance vehicle

M110 203 mm self-propelled howitzer

M107 175 mm self-propelled howitzers

BM-21 122 mm multiple rocket launch vehicle

TEL mounted Zelzal ("Earthquake") short range ballistic missiles

M577 command vehicles in UN peacekeeping markings

IRIADF S-200 surface-to-air missile (SAM)

Possibly elements of the 23rd Commando Division (1)

Possibly elements of the 23rd Commando Division (2)

Contingent in specially adapted ghillie suits

Contingent in specially adapted "Alborz" ghillie suits

IRIN junior officer contingent

Mehrabad AFB (TFB.1) security contingent

IRI Marines aboard HSPB

Presumably NAJA special operations forces contingent

Elements of the Student Basij

Disabled combat veterans of the Imposed War (Iran-Iraq War) 

 Photos: Hassan Mousavi at Fars News Agency, Mehr News Agency

Great Prophet 6 Maneuvers (2)

Images from day two of Great Prophet 6

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Shahab-3 (Meteor-3) medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM)

Shahab-3 MRBM launch

Shahab-2 short-range ballistic missile (SRBM)

Shahab-2 SRBMs and launch (2 fired in total)

Zelzal (Earthquake) SRBM fixed position triple launchers with support vehicle

Zelzal SRBM triple launchers and launch

Zelzal SRBM launch

Exhaust plumes from solid-fueled Zelzal SRBMs (9 fired in total)

IRGC/ASF missile crewmen

IRGC/ASF Commander reiterates Iran's missile policy

According to Reuters:

A senior Revolutionary Guard commander says Iran is capable of producing even longer range missiles than the ones it has now but won't make them because Israel and U.S. bases in the Gulf are already within its reach.

[IRGC/ASF Brigadier General] Amir Ali Hajizadeh says the Guard's arsenal includes missiles with a range of up to 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers).

Hajizadeh claimed on Tuesday that Iran "possess the technology" but has "no intention of producing" the missiles with the over-2,000-kilometer range.

Previously, IRGC Commander Major General Jafari expressed the same policy for Iran's missile forces, as an element of Iran's defense based on deterrence.

Photos:
Mohammad Hassanzadeh at Fars News Agency
Mehr News Agency

Sacred Defense Parade 2010

Highlights from the 2010 Sacred Defense Parade held in Tehran:

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Presiding over the podium this year: Major General Seyed Hassan Firuzabadi. (President Ahmadinejad is in New York City to address the UN General Assembly.)

Podium lineup: Note positions of NAJA Commander Brig. Gen. Moghadam and Basij Commander Naghdi, as well as the position of IRIADF Commander Mighani.

Foreign military observers of the parade

Twenty ballistic missiles were reportedly paraded, including 4 Sejils, 8 Shahabs, 4 Fatah-110s and 4 ZelZal SSMs.

Sejil MRBM and TEL

Crotale-Sagheb Taqheb short-range anti-air missile system

Iranian M113 APCs envisioned as UN peacekeeping forces

Karrar UCAV in IRGCAF combat livery

Sofreh Mahi mockup in IRIAF demonstrator colors

T-33 mockup, context unknown.

Possibly the "Hod Hod" UAV

T-72 MBT equipped with standoff armor

Iranian T-55 tanks rumble through the city of Isfahan

M577 Armored Command Post Carrier, followed by FV101 Scorpion light tanks and BMP-2 IFVs.

Iranian military buggy armed with DshK HMG

Motorized sniper teams armed with the Steyr HS .50

ATV combat teams armed with AA mount MGA3

general purpose machine gun and RPG-7

ATV combat teams armed with the Misagh SAM. Note improved outfitting.

Elite IRGC paratroopers equipped with the S-5.56

Elite IRGC assault troop equipped with MPT9S SMGs

IRGC cadre equipped with S-5.56 assault rifles

IRGCN Ensigns equipped with KLS (AKM) assault rifles

Basij equipped with KLS (AKM) assault rifles

Basij Ashura unit armed with Beretta PM12S SMGs

Student Basidji

Battle rifles equipped with high-powered scopes

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Note: "Ey Iran" patriotic song sung as "Ey Islam."

Photos:

Mahdi Mar Marizad at FARS News Agency

Fereidoon Ghorbani at Borna News Agency

Chavosh Homavandi at JamejamOnline.ir

Amir Hossein Zolfaghari at Iranian Student's News Agency

Mehr News Agency

Islamic Republic News Agency

Iran International Photo Agency

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