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Iran denies Russian missiles' crash on its territory

TEHRAN, Oct 9 (KUNA) -- Iran on Friday denied that long-range missiles fired by the Russian Navy stationed in the Caspian Sea in the direction of militants' targets in Syria had crashed on its territory.
A Ministry of Defense source said, "We have no information regarding crash of Russian missiles on the Iranian territories." The official source accused the United States of waging a psychological warfare on Moscow saying that Washington has "failed to prevent Russia from launching the war on terrorism." US media have reported that Russian cruise missiles targeting the militants' positions in Syria crashed on Iranian lands.
Moscow has declared that its frigates cruising In the Caspian Sea have unleashed missile salvos against the armed opposition groups in Syria. (end) fz.rk