Iran Will Pursue Its Missile Program: Shamkhani
"As announced already, we will continue our missile program in order to promote the power and precision of Shahab-3 missile which is the latest output of the Defense Ministry in the section of surface-to-surface missiles," he said.
Shamkhani described the latest test of the missile as "successful", but rejected that Iran was intending to build a new Shahab-type missile, IRNA reported.
"All the recent tests which were carried out quite successfully were intended to upgrade the missile and are not regarded as a new production or step toward increasing its range," he said.
Iran's plans are centered on the production of Shahab-3 and the country currently is not intending to build new missiles under the names of Shahab-4 or Shahab-5 as claimed by Americans, Shamkhani added.
"American officials have recently repeated their claims that Iran in mid May successfully tested Shahab-3, which can hit targets inside Israel," he said.