Iran revealed a new ballistic missile on Sunday that it said was capable of traveling 1,700 kilometers (1,056 miles), unveiling it in a Tehran ceremony attended by President Masoud Pezeshkian.
State television broadcast images of the missile, dubbed Etemad, or “trust” in Persian, saying it was “the most recent ballistic missile” built by the Iranian defense ministry.
Western countries have grown concerned over advances in Iran’s ballistic missile program, accusing it of destabilizing the Middle East.
Iran’s missiles, including this newest design, are capable of reaching Israel, which it targeted twice last year as the Gaza war, started by Iran-backed Palestinian terror group Hamas, spilled over. Both attacks, which involved hundreds of ballistic missiles, were largely thwarted by Israel’s air defense systems in cooperation with the US and its regional allies.