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Hossein Dehqan
Screen capture from video showing Iranian Defense chief Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan, left, and Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy Commander Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi during a delivery ceremony of the Nasir anti-ship cruise missile, April 22, 2017. (YouTube/Press TV Videos)
April 23, 2017, 8:11 pm
Iran deploys new anti-ship cruise missile
Defense minister claims Nasir missile opens ‘new chapter’ in country’s defensive capabilities
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
A worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, on October 26, 2010. (AP/Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour, File)
August 29, 2016, 6:14 am
Iran to start construction on two more nuclear plants
Power plants, worth $10 billion, to be built by Russia in southern port city of Bushehr, in addition to already operational facility
By TOI staff
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, Augist 1, 2016. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
August 28, 2016, 10:19 pm
Khamenei warns Iran will ‘hit hard’ in response to US aggression
Amid escalating tensions in Persian Gulf, supreme leader urges bolstered military capabilities to deter American military strike
By TOI staff
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan. (YouTube/PressTV News Videos)
April 7, 2016, 4:49 pm
Iran announces plan to produce explosives used in missile warheads
Defense minister says country wants to make Octogen to improve ‘destructive power’; material also used in nuke detonators
By Stuart Winer and Agencies
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