Iran tests new ballistic missile hours after showing it off at military parade

Irans state media on Saturday (September 23) reported that the country successfully tested a new ballistic missile with a range of 2,000km (1,200 miles) which it displayed at a military parade a day earlier.The missile launch is likely to make U.S. hackles rise as it came days after Donald Trump called Iran an economically depleted rogue state that exports violence.

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• September 23, 2017 20:01 IST

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Irans state media on Saturday (September 23) reported that the country successfully tested a new ballistic missile with a range of 2,000km (1,200 miles) which it displayed at a military parade a day earlier.The missile launch is likely to make U.S. hackles rise as it came days after Donald Trump called Iran an economically depleted rogue state that exports violence.