TEHRAN Talking to the TEHRAN TIMES, an informed source at the Ministry of Defense said, "The United States wants to actively do something so as to get a reaction from us. This is a psychological war against Iran. It is only for the sake of creating a crisis on the international scene." He said that raising this issue at this time is questionable, for the Shahab-3 missile testing took place during Sacred Defense Week. Why then are they bringing up the issue now? They could have announced it two days, or at most a week, later.
"I think that bringing up this issue at this time is not without cause. With Iran's support of Palestinians and the new wave of Intifada in Palestine, the United States wants to wage a psychological war against Iran. Of course, countries which understand Iran do not fall for such talk coming from the U.S." The informed source concluded: "If it finds it necessary, the Ministry of Defense will make an announcement. At present, however, for security reasons, it does not consider it necessary to show any reaction."