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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 8740301" data-attributes="member: 92282">Iran plans to conduct five days of war games this week to showcase  its air-defense capabilities, prepare against missile strikes and warn  others against attacking, military officials said, amid questions about  whether Tehran will proceed with negotiations over its nuclear program. The exercises are slated to begin Tuesday and include tests of  Iranian long-range missiles similar to the Russian S-300s that Moscow  recently blocked, citing concern over Iran's nuclear program.  The exercises will also test military equipment such as radar systems with a range of nearly 2,000 miles. Iranian Brig. Gen. Ahmad Miqani, commander of the air-defense base in  charge of the exercises, said in official media reports that similar  drills have been conducted in the past year above nuclear facilities in  Fordo, Tehran, Natanz, Bushehr and Esfahan.  The nuclear facilities are seen as high-potential targets for military attacks by the U.S. or Israel.  Both countries have said that while they favor diplomacy to resolve  the standoff with Iran over its nuclear program, a military option is  also on the table.  The U.S. and others say Iran seeks to develop nuclear weapons; Iran says its program is for peaceful purposes. Negotiations between Iran and the five permanent members of the  United Nations Security Council plus Germany are scheduled to resume on  Dec. 5. But a venue hasn't been set. Iran has proposed Turkey, while the  European Union suggested Switzerland. In the past few weeks, high level Iranian officials, including  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have denounced any talks that would  entail discussions about Iran's uranium enrichment program. Mr.  Ahmadinejad said Iran is willing to talk only about broader security  issues with the West. Military officials, according to official media reports, said this  week's war games will be among the largest defense drills in the history  of the Islamic Republic, and will involving the Air Force and the  National Police as well as the Revolutionary Guards Corps and the Basij  forces, its plainclothes militia.  Meanwhile, as part of intensified security crackdowns by Iranian  authorities, five lawyers who have represented activists and taken on  sensitive human-rights cases were arrested over the weekend. Iran's judiciary said they had violated the Islamic Republic's "moral  standards outside of Iran" and committed security offenses against the  state.  Three of the lawyers were arrested at the airport after returning  from a trip to Turkey. The five lawyers' whereabouts are unknown,  according to opposition websites.<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703670004575616732285789848.html" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703670004575616732285789848.html" target="_blank">WSJ</a></blockquote>

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