TEHRAN, Iran —  Iran test-fired nine long- and medium-range missiles Wednesday during war games to “demonstrate our resolve and might against enemies who in recent weeks have threatened Iran with harsh language,” a top Iranian general said of perceived U.S. and Israeli threats.

“Our hands are always on the trigger and our missiles are ready for launch,” the official IRNA news agency quoted Gen. Hossein Salami, the air force commander of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards.

Officials told FOX News on Wednesday the missile test is a “clear response” to recent Israeli military exercises and they are investigating whether the missiles can, in fact, reach Israeli and other targets in the region, as Tehran claims.

National Security Council Spokesman Gordon Johndroe called on Iran to “immediately” stop developing ballistic missiles, an act that he said isolates the Iranian people from the international community and violates U.N. Security Council resolutions.

“President Bush and our partners in the United Nations Security Council, as well as Germany, are committed to a diplomatic path and have offered Iran a generous package of incentives if they will suspend their uranium enrichment activities,” Johndroe said from Japan, where Bush was attending the Group of Eight summit.

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