 Iran would launch medium-range missiles if attacked, a military leader said yesterday, accusing Britain and the United States of arming rebels as international pressure mounts on Tehran over its nuclear plans. "If we come under a military attack, we will respond with our very effective missile defence," Yahya Rahim Safavi, commander in chief of the Revolutionary Guard, told state television.
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Military experts reckon the Revolutionary Guard's Shahab-3 missiles have a range of some 2,000km, meaning Israel, US bases in the Gulf and foreign troops in Iraq lie within their range. Safavi repeated Tehran's allegations that Britain and the United States are arming rebels in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, which has most of Iran's abundant oil reserves.
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