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And Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi taunted the United States by saying his country was ready for war - while saying US President Donald Trump did not dare to attack.Iran - which was widely blamed for a rocket and drone attack on oil refineries hundreds of miles away in Saudi Arabia earlier this year, is upping the ante with the new kit, and is also building a new warship.

As regards drones, we will observe addition of long-range aircraft with very high flight ceiling whose level of remote guidance is special

Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi

Speaking at a ceremony in Tehran yesterday, Mr Khandazi said the Navy was already equipped with drones which can be guided from a distance of 130 miles - but stressed the away, adding that the new drones would extend the limit significantly.

He explained: As regards drones, we will observe addition of long-range aircraft with very high flight ceiling whose level of remote guidance is special.

Concurrently, we will witness the launch of a mine-clearing warship, Saba, in the Navy as well as a drone, namely Simorq, which has a flight durability of 24 hours and capability to carry different types of weapons, including bombs, rockets and projectiles.

On Wednesday, Mr Khanzadi announced his forces would also be taking delivery of a new destroyer, Dena, within the next two months.

He told reporters: God willing, we will witness addition of the destroyer, Dena, to the Navy in the Iranian month of Bahman (January 21 to 19 February).

Another warship, Sahand, which joined the Navy last year, was now ready for missions in the ocean.

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Meanwhile a third, Taftan, is scheduled to be delivered next year.

Mr Khanzadi also revealed plans to build a new class of heavy destroyers, in accordance with a project known as Negin, each of them weighing more than 5,000 tons.

In a pointed message to the US, he stressed his countrys preparedness for war, saying: The Iranian Armed Forces enjoy very high capabilities, and the US does not dare to directly confront Iran, and that is why it uses proxy agents, such as terrorist groups, to attain its goals.

In September, Tehran unveiled an attack drone, Kian, which Brigadier General Alireza Sabahifard, the head of Irans air-defence force, claimed could fly more than 600 miles and reach an altitude of 15,000 feet.

He said it was capable of hitting distant targets far from Irans borders.

Iran denied involvement in the rocket attacks in September on two major oil installations, with President Hassan Rouhani insisting they were the work Houthi rebels in Yemen.

However, Saudi commander Lt Col Turki al-Maliki, displayed drone and missile technology at a press conference in Riyadh which he said was of Iranian origin.

He added: Irans continued aggression and continued support for militia groups harms us all.

Relations with the West have deteriorated sharply since Mr Trump pulled the US out of landmark JPOCA deal aimed at preventing Iran developing nuclear weapons, citing repeated violations, and imposing sanctions targeting the countrys oil industry.

Earlier this week, Frances Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian floated the idea of triggering a mechanism in the 2015 deal which could lead to the re-imposition of separate, UN sanctions, sparking an angry reaction from Tehran.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi said: Such remarks are irresponsible and unconstructive and disrupt harshly the efficiency of political initiatives to fully implement the nuclear deal by all sides in line with the nuclear deal to remove all sanctions and do approvals of the joint commission.

He added: Under the current conditions, the nuclear deal does not allow the European sides at all to cite this mechanism against the Islamic Republic of Irans use of its legitimate right in response to the US illegal and unilateral measures and basic violation of undertakings by the European sides.

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