“Great Prophet.” Not that this has anything to do with Islam. “Iran Test Fires Most Advanced Missiles,” by William Branigin, Walter Pincus and Karen DeYoung for the Washington Post, September 28 (thanks to Paul):
Iran reported Monday that it successfully test-fired its most advanced and powerful medium-range missiles as part of war games it said were intended to deter the country’s enemies.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps tested the Shahab-3 and Sejil missiles in the third phase of a two-day exercise called The Great Prophet IV, state-run news media reported. The missiles are believed to be capable of striking Israel, U.S. military targets in the Middle East and parts of southeastern Europe.
But Gen. Hossein Salami, commander of the Revolutionary Guard Air Force said the test-firings were part of exercises to practice “preventive and defensive operations.” They are “in no way a threat to neighboring countries,” Iranian news media quoted him as saying. Rather, the tests send “a message for certain greedy nations that seek to create fear, to show that we are able to give a swift and suitable answer to our enemies.”
“The armed forces of the Islamic Republic are now more powerful than ever and fully prepared to foil foreign threats,” said Maj. Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi, military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei….