Iran has test-fired a missile that defence analysts say could hit Israel and US bases in the Gulf region.
Iran's English-language Press TV said the surface-to-surface Shahab-3 missile was tested during manoeuvres by the Revolutionary Guards that began yesterday and concluded this afternoon.
The drills coincided with increased tension in Iran's nuclear dispute with the West, after last week's disclosure by Tehran that it is building a second uranium enrichment plant.
Press TV estimated the range of the Shahab-3, which was last tested in mid-2008, at between 1,300km and 2,000km, without making clear the range of the actual missile tested today.
'Iran successfully test-fires long-range Shahab-3 missile', Press TV said in a breaking news headline.
Television footage showed a missile soaring into the sky in desert-like terrain, to shouts of Allahu Akbar (God is Greatest).
Iranian officials and representatives of six major powers are due to meet in Geneva on Thursday.
The US and its Western allies have made it clear they will focus on Iran's nuclear programme at the meeting.
Iran has offered wide-ranging security talks but says it will not discuss its nuclear 'rights'.
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has called the missile tests 'reprehensible'.
However, he said they should not distract attention from this week's talks.
