Iran continued to carry out missile tests over the weekend, in an apparent response to the United States’ decision to impose fresh sanctions following ballistic missile testing last week.

The semi-official Fars news agency described “massive” drills on the northern Semnan province that took place on Saturday. Commander of the Revolutionary Guards’ Aerospace Force, Brig. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh said that the tests included “missile systems, radar systems, command control centres and electronic warfare.”

“If the enemy makes a mistake our roaring missiles will hit their targets,” Hajizadeh added.

The tests come after President Donald Trump’s administration approved sanctions against 13 individuals and 12 entities involved in Iran’s missile program. These new sanctions, which are not connected to the stipulations of the 2015 nuclear deal, came after Iran’s defense minister admitted that Tehran had carried out a ballistic missile test last week. U.S. National Security Advisor Michael Flynn subsequently called Iran’s missile testing “provocative” and warned that Iran had been put “on notice.”

The missile tests appear to violate United Nations Security Council resolution 2231, which says that Iran must refrain from any work on ballistic missiles for eight years.

On Sunday, Majtaba Zonour, senior member of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission and former Revolutionary Guard official, told Fars that if Iran is attacked by “the enemy,” it will immediately fire a missile at Tel Aviv. “And only seven minutes is needed for the Iranian missile to hit Tel Aviv,” he said.

“The US army’s fifth fleet has occupied a part of Bahrain, and the enemy’s farthest military base is in the Indian Ocean but these points are all within the range of Iran’s missile systems and they will be razed to the ground if the enemy makes a mistake,” Zonour added.

(via BICOM)

[Photo: Fars News]