WAR DRUMS: Iran responds to US sanctions with missiles test

The aim of the exercise, held in Semnan province, was to “showcase the power of Iran’s revolution and to dismiss the sanctions,” Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards website said, according to Reuters.

During the exercise, a senior commander of Iran’s Revolution Guard said the country’s missiles will come down on the country’s enemies if they do wrong. “If the enemy does not walk the line, our missiles come down on them,” Gen. Amir Ali Haijazadeh said. Iranian state news agencies reported the military excercise would test home-made missile systems, READ MORE