Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Brigadier General Ali Abdollahi announced that the Iranian Armed Forces have tested a medium-range ballistic missile, Gazeta reports, citing Tasnim news agency.

According to the information, the range of the missile was 2,000 kilometres (1,240 miles), the error margin being about eight metres. In Abdollahi's words, the tests were successfully carried out two weeks ago

Nevertheless, he declined to provide more information on the test. Neither did he inform exactly what missile had been tested.