Iran’s Revolutionary Guard announced Saturday that restrictions on the range of the country’s missiles have been lifted, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reports, raising the prospect of Tehran pursuing weapons capable of reaching targets beyond its previously declared 2,000-kilometer limit. Brig. Gen. Hossein Mohebbi made the announcement at a news conference in Tehran. Asked whether a […]
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said on Nov. 7 that it had removed its own 2,000-kilometer ceiling for ballistic missiles, Aawsat and WSLS reported. Xinhua said the Guard revealed a new missile base on Nov. 10, while The Jerusalem Post described an underground missile complex. The Jerusalem Post reported that IRGC Maj.-Gen. Abdollahi said Iran could respond beyond the Middle East if it faced another attack. Al Jazeera said experts were questioning whether longer-range missiles were meant for targets outside the region; the reports do not establish their intended reach.
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