When the Iranian Defence Minister, General Ahmad Vahidi, revealed that Tehran embarked on the production of short-range cruise missiles named Nasr 1, it sharply increased the tempo of future international sanctions. Likewise, when President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the September 11 attacks a "big lie", the remarks further exacerbated tensions between key western powers and Iran over the latter's disputed nuclear programme. According to Vahidi, the ground-to-ground Nasr 1 missiles...
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