Leader’s advisor says Iran likely to increase range of its missiles

An advisor to Iran's Leader has stated Tehran will likely extend the range of its missiles, warning that the country can change its entire military doctrine, if it faces an existential threat.

โ€œIf the Islamic Republic of Iran faces an existential threat, we will inevitably change the policy of our military doctrine,โ€ Head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Kamal Kharrazi said in an interview with al-Mayadeen television.

He stressed that Iran is capable of producing nuclear weapons, but what prevents it is the fatwa (religious decree) issued by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei against weapons of mass destruction.

โ€œWe now have the necessary capability to produce [nuclear] weapons, and the only obstacle is the Leaderโ€™s fatwa that prohibits the production of nuclear weapons.โ€

Regarding the range of Iranโ€™s missiles, Kharrazi stated, โ€œWe have so far considered the Westernersโ€™ sensitivity, particularly the Europeansโ€™. But when they donโ€™t consider our sensitivities, especially regarding the issue of the territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic of Iran, there is no reason for us to continue to consider their sensitivities.โ€

โ€œTherefore, there is a possibility that the range of Iranโ€™s missiles will increase.โ€

Commenting on Israelโ€™s recent deadly strikes on military sites in Iran, Kharrazi stressed that the country โ€œwill definitely respond at the right time and in the right way”.

He reiterated that Iran is not interested in the expansion of the war into the entire region, but stressed that, โ€œWe are ready for a war.โ€

Noting that Israel has made โ€œmiscalculationsโ€ since it waged aggressions on Gaza and Lebanon, Kharrazi added, โ€œThey thought they could destroy Hamas and Hezbollah by attacking Gaza and Lebanon. They thought that with the martyrdom of the leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah, these popular movements would collapse. These were their miscalculations. In Israel itself, many admit these miscalculations.โ€

Since early October 2023, Israel has been waging brutal two-front aggression that has killed more than 43,259 people in the Gaza Strip and at least 2,867 others in Lebanon so far.

Over the same period, the usurping regime has also assassinated several resistance leaders, including Hamasโ€™s political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah.

In support of Palestinians in Gaza, resistance groups have launched retaliatory attacks on Israeli targets and vowed to keep fighting until the Gaza onslaught ends.

In response to Israelโ€™s barbaric acts of assassination against the resistance frontโ€™s top leaders, Iran carried out Operation True Promise 2 earlier last month.

Iran has announced it is resolved to respond to the recent Israeli act of aggression against the country and will not abandon its rights.

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