Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) adviser Mojtaba Zonnour boasted that Tehran's missiles could hit a U.S. military base.
US Military Base Within Iranian Striking Distance, Official Warns -- FOX News
A top Iranian defense official's claim that a U.S. military base in the Indian Ocean is now within missile range served both as a threat to American interests and a revelation that, if true, Tehran has doubled its striking distance.
"In the event of an irrational attack by the U.S., America's military bases will not be safe from our missiles, whether in Bahrain or at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean," the senior official, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) adviser Mojtaba Zonnour, was quoted as saying to Iran's "Defa Moghadas," or Holy Defense.
The U.S. Navy operates a naval ship and submarine support base, military air base, space-tracking facility at Diego Garcia, an atoll some 1,000 nautical miles off the southern tip of India. If the regime in Tehran really can hit Diego Garcia with its ballistic missiles, it means they have a range of at least 3,100 miles -- more than double current estimates. And the boast came even as Iranian officials were in Switzerland, meeting with their Western counterparts to finalize a nuclear deal.
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Update #1: Iran Warns US's Diego Garcia Base is in Range of Its Missiles -- Arutz Sheva
Update #2: Iran: 5,000km-Range Missile Can Hit US Indian Ocean Base -- Algemeiner
My Comment: With such threats being issued .... you would think that the White House would pause in their talks with Iran .... apparently not.
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