“Fateh-313” Missile Shatters Enemies’ Illusions: Iran’s Parliament


TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Members of the Iranian parliament in a statement on Sunday voiced their strong support for the country’s missile and defense progress a day after the country unveiled a new homegrown missile.

Iran unveiled the indigenously-built “Fateh-313” missile, which runs on composite solid fuel and can hit targets with pinpoint accuracy within a range of 500 kilometers.

In their statement, the Iranian lawmakers referred to the missile as another chapter of glory opened in the country’s defense history.

Iranian heroes shattered the illusions of the country’s enemies by successfully testing Fateh-313 missile, the legislators said in the statement, which was read out at the end of the Parliament’s Sunday session.

Iran managed to manufacture missiles with high accuracy and long range, build and launch carrier rockets, warships and submarines, and several drones, among others, all under cruel anti-Iran sanctions, the statement added.

They went on to say in the statement that such achievements play a crucial role in enhancing the country’s scientific, defense, national, and international power as well as in thwarting enemies’ sanctions.

The Iranian military experts and technicians have in recent years made great headways in manufacturing a broad range of indigenous equipment, making the armed forces self-sufficient in the arms sphere.

Tehran has repeatedly stressed that its military might is defensive in nature and poses no threat to other countries.

While Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) finalized the text of a lasting agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program on July 14, Iranian officials have time and again noted that the country’s military capabilities would not be affected by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or a resolution that the United Nations Security Council passed later to endorse the JCPOA.