A military parade was held at the mausoleum of Imam Khomeini, the Founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in the south of the metro Tehran area on Friday to commemorate the beginning of Iran's Sacred Defense Week, MNA reported.
In Iran, the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war is known as the Sacred Defense, and Sacred Defense Week is held on the anniversary of the beginning of the war.
Sacred Defense Week begins on Shahrivar 31 in the Iranian calendar (September 21 this year), which is the day Iraq invaded Iran and began the imposed war on the country in 1980.
Various units of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, Iran's Armed Forces, and the Islamic Republic of Iran Police participated in the military parade, which was covered by 380 national and foreign reporters.
Military attachés of 40 countries based in Tehran attended the event, during which the latest achievements of Iran's defense industry were displayed.
Iran's latest domestically manufactured air defense system, named the Ra'd (Thunder) system, was put on display for the first time during the ceremony.
The commander of the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) told reporters on the sidelines of the event, "The Ra'd air defense system is the first completely indigenous system of the Sepah (IRGC), which has been designed and manufactured by committed Iranian technicians in the struggle for self-sufficiency."
"The system has been manufactured with the aim of confronting (hostile) U.S. aircraft and can hit targets at a distance of 50 kilometers and at an altitude of 75,000 feet (22,860 meters)," Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh stated.
According to Iranian websites, the Ra'd system is equipped with Taer 2 (Bird 2) missiles.
In addition, the domestically reengineered Russian S-200 missile system and the domestically modified Zolfaqar tank were put on display for the first time.
A number of long-range and medium-range missiles, including Shahab-2, Persian Gulf, Zelzal-3, Qiam, Sejjil, Fateh-110, and Qadr-F missiles, were put on display as well.
Iran also displayed the domestically reengineered Sayyad-2 air defense system, and the Alim, Kashef-1, and Kashef-2 radar systems during the military parade.