The Arabic newspaper Al Hayat reported today that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards have begun four days of maneuvers in the Garmsar area to test Iran's Zalzal 1 and Fajr 5 missiles. The paper also quoted sources in Iran who said that the government has begun holding a series of meetings to study the likelihood of a US attack on Iran in February that will target nuclear, military and oil installations.

The paper quoted informed sources in Iran who said that the Iranian "Ministry of Security" had submitted a report to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei emphasizing the "certainty" of an American military attack, whose highlights Khamenei ordered distributed to certain government officials. The paper reported that Ayatollah Ali Montazeri has severely criticized Ahmadinezhad and called upon Iranian officials to study American power and to refrain from provoking the people in the region. The report is here.