Tehran, Oct 5, SPA -- Iran said Tuesday its missiles nowhave a range of 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles), a substantial extension of their previously declared range. "Today we have the power to fire missiles to a range of2,000 kilometers," former President Hashemi Rafsanjanisaid, according to a report by the official IslamicRepublic News Agency. "Experts know that a country that possesses this canobtain all subsequent stages" in missile production,Rafsanjani told staff at the Aerospace Research Institutein Tehran. His statement came days after Iran said it had added a"strategic missile" to its arsenal after a successfultest.--SPA1342 Local Time 1042 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/208213