{"id":1139293,"date":"2021-12-21T20:04:52","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T01:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1139293"},"modified":"2021-12-21T20:04:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T01:04:55","slug":"defiant-iran-fires-cruise-missiles-in-military-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defiant-iran-fires-cruise-missiles-in-military-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"Defiant Iran Fires Cruise Missiles in Military Exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdefiant-iran-fires-cruise-missiles-in-military-exercise%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1139293&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/AP_20233318625474-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">TEHRAN, Iran (AP) \u2014 Iran\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard on Tuesday fired cruise missiles during a major military exercise across the country\u2019s south, media reported.<\/p>\n<p>The semi-official Tasnim news agency, believed to be close to the Guard, did not specify the type and range of the missiles. But it said five cruise missiles and an unspecified number of attack drones successfully hit their targets.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Guard in the past has said it has cruise missiles with ranges of 1,000 kilometers (620 miles). It also has missiles that range up to 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles), more than enough to reach archenemy Israel and U.S. military bases in the region.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The five-day annual exercise that began on Monday came days after the breakup of talks to revive Tehran\u2019s nuclear deal with world powers. Iran has accelerated its nuclear advances as negotiations to return to the accord struggle to make headway.<\/p>\n<p>From time to time, Iran holds military exercises, saying they are aimed at improving the readiness of its forces and testing new weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Iran\u2019s military began its annual war games in a coastal area of the Gulf of Oman.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, former President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the nuclear deal and re-imposed crushing sanctions on Iran. Tehran has since started enriching uranium up to 60% purity \u2013 a short technical step from the 90% needed to make an atomic bomb.<\/p>\n<p>Iran insists that its nuclear program is peaceful. But the country\u2019s steps away from its obligations under the 2015 accord have alarmed Israel and other world powers. Israel has repeatedly threatened unilateral action against Iran\u2019s nuclear program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEHRAN, Iran (AP) \u2014 Iran\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard on Tuesday fired cruise missiles during a major military exercise across the country\u2019s south, media reported. 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