Israel Matzav

Surprise: Iran blast caused by missile testing

Well, what a shock. The explosions last week at an Iranian military base were caused by 'missile testing' according to the brother of Gen. Hasan Tehrani Mogaddam, the head of Iran's missile program who was killed in the blast.

Mohammad Tehrani Moghaddam was quoted by the government-run "Iran" newspaper as saying that his brother was killed when the weapon exploded during testing. Iran said it has ruled out sabotage.

Moghaddam was one of the "cornerstones" of the artillery and missile units at the IRGC during the Iran-Iraq war.

The officer reportedly served as a researcher at a Tehran university and headed the "Jihad Self-Reliance" unit, mostly tasked with developing arms and missiles.

Senior Guards member Mustafa Izadi published an article saying Moghaddam's research helped the terror groups fight Israel.

Mohammad Tehrani Moghaddam later denied ever saying that his brother died wile testing a ballstic missile, telling the semi-official Fars news agency that "We didn't know what my brother was doing" while he died. He added that he asked the offending newspaper to print a retraction, stressing that "I have never said these things. I have no connection to the state's missile program."

Kein Yovdu Kol Oyvecha Hashem (So may all your enemies be lost O God).

Labels: Iranian missiles, Iranian nuclear threat

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:05 PM