Currents News Staff
Iran flexing its military muscle, launching ballistic missiles which the Islamic Republic says have become more lethal in this past year. At this arms expo in Tehran, a spokesperson for the elite revolutionary guard corps praising the weapons.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran is able to respond on the same level to any threats against it,” said Brig. Gen. Davoud Abdi, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
On display, ballistic missiles with ranges up to two thousand kilometers or almost thirteen hundred miles, capable of hitting targets in many places in the Middle East and highly maneuverable cruise missiles with a range of several hundred kilometers according to Iran’s armed forces.
Hossein Kanani Moghaddam is a former Commander who used to meet regularly with Ayatollah Homeini. He says Iran’s missiles are key to its defense and bargaining power.
“One of our policies to countering the sanctions is to expand our missile program. This is exactly the path we’re following. the more they increase the sanctions the more we will boost our missile capabilities,” he said.
For the first time Iran recently revealed video of a secret missile assembly factory. The U.S. says Tehran is breaching U.N resolutions by bolstering its missile program, a claim the Iranian government rejects.
Iranians say their missiles are vital to this country’s defense, they have every right to not only maintain but to also enhance both the range and the quality of their missile arsenal.
Israel says Iran’s ballistic missiles are an unacceptable threat to its security and the Trump administration has imposed sanctions also citing its ballistic missile program.
National Security Advisor John Bolton ripped into Iran’s leadership saying, “Iran continues to seek nuclear weapons to intimidate people and ballistic missiles to use as military systems.”
Iran denies seeking nuclear weapons but is not backing down from its missile program a major factor driving the confrontation between Iran and the U.S.