Missile Capabilities

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic will continue to develop its missile program and that Tehran needs “no permission” to enhance the country’s defense capabilities.

Russian will hand over the first batch of S-300 air defense system to Iran on Thursday, February 18.

Iran will take delivery of S-300 air defense missile systems in “the nearest time”, a Russian foreign ministry official said Monday.

Iran’s Defense Ministry has delivered the first batch of a newly developed air-launched cruise missile, dubbed Nasr (Victory), to the country’s Air Force.

A senior military commander says Iran has stepped up boosting its missile capabilities since the US asked to curb them.

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan says the Islamic Republic will unveil new domestically-designed and manufactured missiles in the near future in defiance of new US sanctions against the country over its missile program.

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi-Ansari said inauguration of missile systems is part of Iran's defensive program and is not related to Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

The IRGC has announced that it has set up big underground facilities in most cities which are safe from the enemy crosshairs and will be used if necessary.

Iranian defense minister stressed that Iran has never allowed other countries to make decisions about the country’s internal and defense issues, adding the Islamic Republic’s measures will guarantee and improve stability and security in the region and across the world.

Efforts by the US to keep oil prices low with the help of its regional mercenaries in the coming months are part of another plot hatched by the US, the secretary of the Expediency Council said.

Iranian officials have lined up to underline the country’s push to buttress missile capabilities after reports that the US administration planned new sanctions on the Islamic Republic in spite of a nuclear accord.

Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araqchi said that missile test is conspicuously different from Joint comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and that it never runs against the Tehran-5+1 nuclear deal.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has issued an order calling on the country’s Defense Ministry to expedite efforts for boosting the country’s missile power as reports emerge of US plans for imposing fresh sanctions on Tehran over the issue.

The Foreign Ministry spokesman has said that Tehran has warned the US administration that Iran's missile program has nothing to do with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

About 80 military specialists from Iran in January, 2016 will begin a training to use S-300 at the training centers of the Mozhaisky Academy.

The executive stage of the deal for the delivery of S-300 is over and Iran will receive a major part of the shipment in less than two months, Brigadier General Dehghan said.

The IRGC’s second-in-command has said that Iran will show its modern missile bases to the world at an appropriate time.

None of Iran’s missiles have been designed to carry a nuclear warhead, and thus their production and test are not contrary to Resolution 2231, Araghchi stressed.

The IRGC Aerospace commander says that the Force will replace its current missiles with new generations of ballistic missiles as of next year.

The Foreign Ministry spokeswomen dismissed any links between Iran's missile tests and JCPOA and said Iran's missile capabilities are totally independent of the nuclear deal.

An Iranian daily has analyzed Tehran-Moscow ties, saying that Russia neither delivers the S300 systems to Iran nor agrees to pay compensations, but offers a replacement for the defense system.

Mass production of Nasr missile is part of Iran’s strategy to enhance its missile capabilities and upgrade its deterrent power, said Brigadier General Dehghan.

Iran unveils a new solid-fuel precision-guided missile, named Fateh 313, which has been designed and manufactured by experts at the Defense Ministry's Aerospace Industries Organization.

Negotiations on the delivery of S-300 missile system to Iran has been successful, said Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.

The cruise missile is better in terms of range and pinpoint accuracy in comparison with previous products.