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[00:03.76]This is IN THE NEWS
[00:05.32]in VOA Special English.
[00:08.17]This week,
[00:09.53]Iran test-fired a new missile.
[00:12.61]President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
[00:15.32]announced the launch to a crowd
[00:17.52]in Semnan province,
[00:19.51]his birthplace and a base for missile launches.
[00:23.33]
[00:24.93]MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD (translator):
[00:26.26]"The Sejil-2 missile,
[00:27.39]which has very advanced technology,
[00:29.39]was launched from Semnan
[00:31.00]and it landed precisely on the target."
[00:33.50]
[00:36.08]Officials say the solid-fuel rocket
[00:38.78]could reach Israel,
[00:40.17]southeastern Europe and American bases
[00:43.88]in the Middle East.
[00:45.33]American Defense Secretary Robert Gates says
[00:49.85]the Iranian missile will be able to travel
[00:53.34]up to two thousand five hundred kilometers.
[00:56.79]But because of engine problems,he says,
[01:00.73]the range right now is probably closer
[01:04.12]to two thousand kilometers.
[01:07.00]Wednesday's test came two days
[01:10.13]after Benjamin Netanyahu,
[01:12.19]the new Israeli prime minister,
[01:14.80]visited President Obama.
[01:17.06]It was their first meeting as leaders.
[01:20.84]Next week,
[01:22.49]the Palestinian and Egyptian presidents
[01:25.87]visit the White House.
[01:27.65]President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu
[01:31.64]both spoke of the threat
[01:33.55]of a nuclear-armed Iran.
[01:36.39] "I firmly believe it is in Iran's interest
[01:39.23]not to develop nuclear weapons,
[01:41.93]because it would trigger a nuclear arms race
[01:46.92]in the Middle East
[01:47.96]and be profoundly destabilizing
[01:50.53]in all sorts of ways."
[01:52.04]"If Iran were to acquire nuclear weapons,
[01:55.26]it could give a nuclear umbrella to terrorists,
[01:57.60]or worse it could actually
[01:58.60]give terrorists nuclear weapons,
[02:00.06]and that would put us all in grave peril."
[02:02.85]Iran says its nuclear program is for energy.
[02:06.85]But the latest test only added
[02:10.08]to concerns about missiles
[02:12.30]that could one day carry nuclear weapons.
[02:15.32]Israel points out that President Ahmadinejad
[02:19.22]has said the Jewish State should be
[02:22.10]"wiped off the map."
[02:23.62]President Obama still has to decide
[02:27.36]the future of a Bush administration plan
[02:30.27]to put a missile defense system in Poland
[02:33.94]and the Czech Republic.
[02:36.01]Russia objects.
[02:38.23]But the United States says the system
[02:41.55]would protect Europe
[02:43.42]from a possible attack by Iran.
[02:46.57]President Obama says he is trying to reach out
[02:51.03]to the Iranians with diplomacy.
[02:53.36]But he says there must be a "clear timetable"
[02:58.07]for talks about protecting their security
[03:01.40]without threatening other people's security.
[03:04.91]There should be some sense
[03:07.61]by the end of the year,he says,
[03:09.94]whether or not serious progress is being made.
[03:13.99]"We are not going to have talks forever.
[03:16.74]We are not going to create a situation
[03:19.32]in which talks become an excuse for inaction
[03:23.07]while Iran proceeds with developing a nuclear
[03:29.39]and deploying a nuclear weapon."
[03:31.03]Iran's presidential election is June twelfth.
[03:34.25]President Ahmadinejad is seeking a second term.
[03:38.25]He will face three other candidates
[03:41.40]chosen this week from more than
[03:43.97]four hundred fifty who entered the race.
[03:46.91]One of those he will face
[03:49.40]is Mir Hossein Mousavi.
[03:51.85]The former prime minister along with
[03:55.49]former parliament speaker Mehdi Karroubi
[03:58.65]are both seen as reformist.
[04:01.27]Iran's Guardian Council also approved
[04:05.52]the candidacy of President Ahmadinejad
[04:08.55]and Mohsen Rezai,
[04:11.20]former head of the Revolutionary Guards.
[04:14.55]Both men are conservative.
[04:16.89]The president's opponents have criticized
[04:20.88]his handling of the economy --
[04:23.33]inflation is high.
[04:25.26]But he has won praise at home for his support
[04:29.73]for developing satellite and rocket technology.
[04:33.94]Iran launched its first satellite
[04:37.60]into orbit in February --
[04:39.62]the thirtieth anniversary
[04:41.73]of the Islamic revolution.
[04:43.69]And that's IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English,
[04:49.10]written by Brianna Blake.
[04:51.11]I'm Steve Ember.
[04:52.93]51VOA.COM
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