DESIGNED TO BE PROTECTED FROM 
U.S. AIR STRIKES.
16 00 FEET DEEP UNDER A 
MOUNTAINSIDE A HIDDEN ARSENAL, 
ISLAMIC REVELATIONRY GUARD 
SOLDIERS AT ATTENTION AND DOZENS
OF MISSILES ON LUNCH VEHICLES 
SET TO DRAMATIC MUSIC, IRANIAN 
STATE TV BROADCAST IT BOASTING 
IT IS ONE OF MANY PROTECTED 
SITES AROUND THE COUNTRY. 
>> Translator: THE MISSILES IN 
VARIOUS RANGES ARE MOUNTED ON 
LAUNCHERS ON ALL BASES READY TO 
BE LAUNCHED, THAT IS IF OUR 
ENEMIES MAKE A MISTAKE. 
>> Reporter: THE RELEASE COMES 
DAYS AFTER IRAN LAUNCHED A NEW 
GENERATION LONG-RANGE BALLISTIC 
MISSILE, WHICH THE U.S. SAYS 
VIOLATES AN EXISTING U.N. 
SECURITY COUNSEL RESOLUTION 
BANNING BALLISTIC MISSILE 
TESTING. 
>> NOBODY WILL TURN A BLIND EYE 
TO THE DESTABILIZING ACTIVITIES 
THAT IRAN CONTINUES TO PROVE 
CAPABLE OF. 
>> Reporter: NOW IRAN IS 
EXPANDING MILITARY OPERATIONS 
INSIDE SYRIA.
THE U.S. BELIEVES AS MANY AS 
1,000 IRANIAN TROOPS ARE ON THE 
GROUND.
JOINING THOUSANDS MORE FIGHTERS 
FROM THE IRANIAN BACKED LEBANESE
MILITIA.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS TEHRAN IS 
ACTING OUT OF DESPERATION. 
>> TO RAMP UP THEIR SUPPORT IN A
PUBLIC AND CONSPECKOUS WAY IS AN
INDICATION IT HAS NOT WORKED. 
>> Reporter: OFFICIALS ARRIVED 
IN SYRIA WEDNESDAY TO DECIDE A 
NEW PACT WITH RUSSIA AIMED AT 
PROPPING UP THE ASSAD REGIME.
>> Translator: THE RUSSIANS, 
TOO, ARE BACKING A POLITICAL 
SITUATION TO END THE CRISIS IN 
SYRIA BUT AT THE SAME TIME 
BECA
