Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, standing beside pictures of Iran's late leader Ayatollah Khomeini's left, and Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, speaks during his visit to Semnan, Iran, Wednesday May, 20, 2009. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran has test-fired a new advanced missile with a range of about 1,200 miles, far enough to strike Israel and southeastern Europe. The solid-fuel Sajjil-2 surface-to-surface missile is a new version of the Sajjil missile, which Iran said it had successfully tested late last year with a similar range. AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 months ago

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, standing beside pictures of Iran's late leader Ayatollah Khomeini's left, and Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, speaks during his visit to Semnan, Iran, Wednesday May, 20, 2009. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran has test-fired a new advanced missile with a range of about 1,200 miles, far enough to strike Israel and southeastern Europe. The solid-fuel Sajjil-2 surface-to-surface missile is a new version of the Sajjil missile, which Iran said it had successfully tested late last year with a similar range.

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