Why did Iran decide to begin their war games exercises?”
Iran to begin war game exercises Iran is to begin large-scale air defence war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from possible attack. The drill comes as a top clerical official renewed his threat to target “the heart of Tel Aviv” should Israel attack Iran. The five-day drill will involve Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard and the regular army and will cover 230,000 square miles of central, western and southern Iran, said air force General Ahmad Mighani. As Iran has pressed forward with its nuclear program, Israel has repeatedly threatened military action to prevent Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons. The US has also not ruled out military action should diplomacy fail to resolve the dispute over Iran’s nuclear activities. The West suspects Iran aims to use a civilian nuclear program as cover to produce weapons, and Iran has effectively rejected a new UN proposal aimed at easing those concerns. Tehran denies any intention to make nuclear weapons and says it only wants to
Iran is to begin large-scale air defence war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from possible attack. The drill comes as a top clerical official renewed his threat to target “the heart of Tel Aviv” should Israel attack Iran. The five-day drill will involve Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard and the regular army and will cover 230,000 square miles of central, western and southern Iran, said air force General Ahmad Mighani. As Iran has pressed forward with its nuclear program, Israel has repeatedly threatened military action to prevent Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons. The US has also not ruled out military action should diplomacy fail to resolve the dispute over Iran’s nuclear activities. The West suspects Iran aims to use a civilian nuclear program as cover to produce weapons, and Iran has effectively rejected a new UN proposal aimed at easing those concerns. Tehran denies any intention to make nuclear weapons and says it only wants to generate power. The defence drill
