Tehran
Iran’s president struck a muscular tone on dealings with the US, saying Thursday that “talks are useless” as Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers crumbles further. President Hassan Rouhani made the comment in a speech in Tehran during the unveiling of the Bavar-373, a long-range surface-to-air missile system that he described as an improvement to the Russian S-300.
“Now that our enemies do not accept logic, we cannot respond with logic,” Rouhani said in the televised speech. He added: “When the enemy launches a missile against us, we cannot give a speech and say: ‘Mr. Rocket, please do not hit our country and our innocent people.
Rocket-launching sir, if you can please hit a button and self-destroy the missile in the air.’” On Wednesday, Iran’s state TV reported that the Bavar-373 is able to recognise up to 100 targets at a same time and confront them with six different weapons.—AP
