Iran tests new medium-range missile defying US warnings

Iran state television carried footage of the launch of the Khoramshahr missile, which was first displayed at a high- profile military parade.

Iran said on Saturday that it had successfully tested a new medium-range missile in defiance of warnings from Washington that it was ready to ditch a landmark nuclear deal over the issue.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, center, reviews a military parade during the 37th anniversary of Iraq's 1980 invasion of Iran, in front of the shrine of the late revolutionary founder, Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran on September 22. (AP Photo)

State television carried footage of the launch of the Khoramshahr missile, which was first displayed at a high- profile military parade on Friday.

It also carried in-flight video from the nose cone.

The broadcaster gave no date for the test although officials had said on Friday that it would be tested “soon”.