US EditionIran Nears Deal to Acquire Chinese Supersonic Anti-Ship Missiles Amid US Naval Presence
Iran is finalizing a deal to acquire Chinese supersonic CM-302 missiles to enhance maritime strike capabilities amid a significant U.S. naval presence nearby, sources said.
- A Reuters report says Iran is nearing a near-complete deal to buy Chinese CM-302 supersonic anti-ship missiles, as US forces including the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier position nearby.
- Senior Iranian officials' trips to China, including Deputy Defense Minister Massoud Oraei, occurred during final-stage talks that began at least two years ago and accelerated after the June 12-day war.
- Mountable on sea, air and land platforms, the CM-302 supersonic missile has a range of about 290 kilometers and is designed to fly low and fast to evade shipborne defenses.
- Such a transfer could defy a United Nations weapons embargo and deepen China-Iran military ties, experts say, complicating US efforts to contain Iran's missile program.
- US officials say they are preparing for sustained, multi-week operations if ordered by President Trump, while China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied awareness of the talks and Citrinowicz said `China does not want to see a pro-Western regime in Iran`.
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Top Clerics Order Muslims to Avenge Khamenei’s Killing
“A leading Iranian Shiite cleric has issued an order for Muslims to wage jihad against the United States and Israel to avenge the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,” CNN reports. “The 99-year-old Grand Ayatollah, Makarem Shirazi, said Khamenei’s revenge is the ‘religious duty of all Muslims in the world to eradicate the evil of these criminals from the world.’”
According to several sources, Iran is about to purchase from China some of the most advanced supersonic anti-ship missiles in the world. An agreement that is already worrying Washington, in the midst of rising tensions in the region, and that could defeat military maps in the Middle East.
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