TEHRAN Mon Jan 2, 2012 1:22am EST
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran could test-fire two prolonged variety missiles on Monday through final day of naval exercises from the Gulf, a naval commander said, subsequent its menace for you to stop oil shipments over the Strait with Hormuz.
"Today we'll test-fire Qader as well as Nour longer collection missiles through the drill," deputy navy Commander Mahmoud Mousavi explained to assert TV.
Iran has been controlling the particular 10-day naval physical exercise at a time regarding amplified pressure having Western forces through its nuclear program, along with Mousavi reported on Sunday the item had successfully test-fired a low to medium range surface-to-air missile.
Tehran confronted this morning to avoid the movement connected with oil throughout the Strait of Hormuz if them started to be the actual aim for of your oil embargo through its nuclear ambitions. The European Union has stated it can be considering a ban - already it is in place inside United States - about imports connected with Iranian crude.
The U.S. Fifth Fleet stated it'll not really enable virtually any interruption associated with traffic inside the crucial essential oil shipping and delivery route.
The United States and also Israel claim they've got not necessarily ruled out government action versus Iran whenever diplomacy fails to eliminate some sort of dispute over the nuclear program, that Tehran states that is calm though the West feels is usually a cover for hoping to develop atomic bombs.
Iran offers long- range missile systems, which could arrive at Israel and U.S. bases in the Middle East.
(Writing through Ramin Mostafavi; editing by simply David Stamp )
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