Alwaght- Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) reiterates that most of the Islamic Republic’s missiles are able to target Israel.
Speaking on Tuesday during the last stage of large-scale missile drills, code-named Eqtedar-e-Velayat,
Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said enmity of Islamic Iran will naturally be more fearful of such capabilities and readiness. He emphasized that defense power and national security are Iran’s red lines and are not negotiable. Major General Jafari adding that test- firing of ballistic missiles was a crushing response to the enemies of the Islamic Republic who have imposed sanctions on Iran’s missile program.
The Aerospace Division of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) is holding the final stage of large-scale missile drills.
The final phase of the exercises, codenamed Eqtedar-e-Velayat, saw ballistic missiles fired from silo-based launchers in different locations across the country on Tuesday.
The maneuvers are aimed at displaying Iran’s “deterrence power” and the country’s “full readiness to confront all kinds of threats against the Revolution, establishment and territorial integrity,” the IRGC said.
IRGC commander said the missile drills were staged to convey a message of security to the Iranian nation and the neighboring countries.
“Iran’s security is the security of regional countries and our efforts are in line with establishing security in the region,” he added.
Last October, Iran successfully test-fired its precision-guided long-range Emad missile igniting anger in Washington. Following the January, the US Department of the Treasury imposed new sanctions against Iranian citizens and companies over the country’s ballistic missile program. Iranian officials have underlined the country’s push to boost missile capabilities after US administration new sanctions on the Islamic Republic in spite of a nuclear accord.
On December 31, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the Islamic Republic should expand its missile program in response of US threats to introduce new sanctions.
Iran needs to step up its missile capabilities in response to aggressive actions by the US, which is threatening to impose more sanctions over a missile test that Iran held in October, Rouhani wrote in a letter addressed to Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan. The president says Iran has a right to continue developing its missiles since they are not capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
“As the US government is clearly still pursuing its hostile policies and illegal meddling ... the armed forces need to quickly and significantly increase their missile capability,” Rouhani wrote.
