Iran challenges the United States with a new missile defense | Chronic

In the midst of a diplomatic and military escalation with the United States, the Iranian government on Sunday introduced a new air defense system. "strengthen and improve security" from the country. "The Army is considering the obligation to strengthen air defense and improve the safety of the skies of the Islamic Republic through the manufacture of more advanced equipment.", explained at the inauguration ceremony the Minister of Defense, Brigadier General Amir Hatami

The general explained that the new weapon and the defensive development respond to "needs" of the country and "types of threats" face, without giving details of it. The new air defense system, dubbed Jordad 15, is capable of simultaneously detecting, intercepting and destroying six targets, from fighter-bombers to unmanned aircraft. It is completely built in the country and uses Iranian Sayad-3 missiles.

At the presentation ceremony, the missile shot in a desert area of ​​the country was tested. It was shown how the goal had been completely destroyed, according to a video broadcast on Iranian television.

Last year, the President of the United States, Donald TrumpHe kept his election promise and took his country out of the multilateral agreement that the world powers signed with Iran in 2015 to freeze its nuclear program in exchange for the suspension of many sanctions that stifled its economy. and its access to international markets. . With the unilateral withdrawal of the United States from the agreement, it began to falter and the tension between the two former enemies was revived. This year, the White House designated the Revolutionary Guards, an elite body of the Iranian security forces, a terrorist group, an unprecedented decision that triggered a diplomatic and military escalation between the two countries.

The United States has expanded its military power in the Persian Gulf region, Iran has suspended part of the nuclear agreement to partially reactivate its program and announced that it would strengthen its war capabilities to face a possible war. This week, the United States once again fueled bilateral tensions by punishing Iran's largest oil group and a network of 39 domestic and foreign affiliates, which Washington says account for 40 percent of Iran's oil exports.

Moreover, yesterday, the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamad Yavad Zarif, Europe requested "normalize" Economic relations with Iran to save the 2015 nuclear agreement, following the withdrawal of the United States and the imposition of sanctions. "They have the duty to create the necessary conditions for the normalization of economic exchanges with Iran", Zarif said about economic losses caused by US sanctions applied to Iran, that Tehran is seeking compensation from the European Union.