Iran Threatens To Unleash New Missiles On Israel As Trump Dubs Himself, Netanyahu "War Heroes"
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Iran said on Aug. 20 it was prepared for any new Israeli attack with more powerful missiles than those used during their recent 12-day war"The missiles used in the 12-day war were manufactured... a few years ago," Defence Minister Aziz Nassirzadeh said, quoted by the official IRNA news agencyHe stressed that for the first time, Iran used some of its missiles such as Fattah, Sejjil, and Kheibar Shekan, which gradually changed the battlefield equation in its favor n18oc_world n18oc_crux
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