Iran test-fires 10 short-range missiles

Iran test-fired 10 surface-to-surface short-range missiles on Sunday, a day after it launched a series of large-scale military exercises throughout the country, state-run television reported. The Saegheh missile had a range of between 50 and 150 miles, the report said. It did not specify whether the missile was capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, but it was not believed to be. State-run television said the missile was built based on domestic know-how, although outside experts say much of the country's missile technology originated from other countries. Iran said it launched the new military exercises Saturday to introduce a new defensive doctrine. "We have to be prepared against any threat and we should be a role model for other countries," local newspapers quoted army spokesman Gen. Mohammad Reza Ashtiani, as saying earlier this week.