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Report: Iranian missile base where explosion took place houses Shehab-3 missiles

YNet is reporting, based on a report from Iranian exiles, that the Revolutionary Guard base at which an explosion took place on Saturday houses Shehab-3 missiles.

An Iranian exile group claims that a blast at a military installation near Tehran has resulted from the explosion of rockets at a base for the missile forces of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps.

A former spokesman for the Mujahedin-e Khalq, or MEK, in Washington, citing reliable sources inside Iran, said Saturday that the explosion hit the Modarres Garrison of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps west of Tehran. Alireza Jafarzadeh said the garrison belongs to the IGRC's missile unit and the blasts "resulted from the explosion of IRGC missiles."

An Iranian opposition report dating back to 2002 revealed that the village where the blast took place, west of Tehran, is home to a Revolutionary Guards missile unit responsible for the Shihab-3 missiles with a ragne of some 1,300 kilometers (roughly 800 miles.)

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According to Iranian opposition report, yet another missile unit was stationed at the village and held huge quantities of weapons, including missiles handed over to Hezbollah.

While the report's credibility had not been confirmed yet, Iran's opposition has played a key role in uncovering secret military facilities across the country. In the past, opposition figures exposed the location of some of Iran's main nuclear sites.

Hmmmm.

By the way, if I'm not mistaken, the MEK is still considered a terror organization in the US and EU.

Labels: Iranian Revolutionary Guard, MEK, Shehab-3 missiles

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:45 PM