Iran unveils new ballistic missile named after the general killed in a US drone strike earlier this year

WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS Iran unveiled two new missiles on Thursday, including a surface-to-surface ballistic missile named after Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike in January, along with Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, an Iraqi militia commander who now has a cruise missile named after him. The unveiling of the new missiles comes amid new tensions with the US, as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo moves to force the UN to reinstate crippling sanctions on Ir...