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<\/a><\/p>\nIran has mounted new precision-guided warheads atop their most advanced and longest-range missiles, which are capable of reaching both Israel and American military bases in the Gulf, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n The unsourced report said that Iran\u2019s Khoramshahr missile, which has a range of 2,000 kilometers (or 1,250 miles), have been upgraded with domestically-produced guided warheads.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe new generation of missiles with guided warheads has been named Khoramshahr 2 and they can be controlled until hitting the target and are able to carry warheads weighing nearly 2 tons,\u201d the report said.<\/span><\/p>\n The warheads had previously been mounted on shorter-range missiles including the Emad, Qadr and Qiam.<\/span><\/p>\n Iran unveiled its new generation of Khoramshahr ballistic missiles in a high-profile military parade in September 2017<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>in what was widely interpreted as an act of defiance by Tehran in the face of US condemnations of its ballistic missile program.<\/span><\/p>\n A surface-to-surface Hoveyzeh cruise missile on display in Tehran, Feb 2, 2019. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n The 2,000 kilometer range of the Khoramshahr classifies it as a medium-range missile, but makes it sufficient to hit Israel and US bases throughout the Middle East.<\/span><\/p>\n Iran insists that all of its missiles are designed to carry conventional warheads only, and that it has limited their range to a maximum 2,000 kilometers. But Iranian commanders also say they possess the technology to go beyond that.<\/span><\/p>\n Meanwhile, Iran on Saturday unveiled and tested a new long-range cruise missile<\/a><\/strong><\/span> as the country celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in 1979.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Dubbed the Hoveizeh, after a province in southwest Iran, the missile is capable of heavily destroying ground targets, according to the Iranian defense minister.<\/span><\/p>\n Although Tehran insists its missiles are defensive and meant to serve as deterrence against its enemies, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United States accuse the Islamic Republic of behaving aggressively.<\/span><\/p>\n Saturday\u2019s exhibition in Tehran followed a warning by the deputy commander of Iran\u2019s powerful Revolutionary Guards Corps warned Israel that a conflict with the Islamic Republic would \u201cdefinitely lead to its elimination\u201d and said that Tehran was pursuing a strategy to \u201ceradicate the Zionist regime from the political geography of the world<\/strong><\/span>\u201d.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>