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TEHRAN: Iran on Saturday showed off a new longer-range missile named the "Ghadr," saying it had a range of 1,800 kilometers (1,100 miles), in an annual military parade to mark an eight-year war with Iraq.
"Iran is an influential power in the region and the world should know that this power has always served peace, stability, brotherhood and justice," President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a speech to mark the event.
"The presence of illegitimate forces in the region is the cause of all threats and differences. Their pullout would benefit themselves, the region and stable security," Ahmadinejad said.
At the beginning of the parade there was a fly-past by three "Saegheh" planes, Iran's new fighter jet, and Tehran vowed to show off more homegrown weapons during the weeklong ceremony that marks the "sacred defence."
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