Missile Capabilities

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has criticized his French counterpart’s remarks about Iran’s missile program, urging Paris not to repeat the incorrect claims of those opposed to the Iran nuclear deal.

The Iranian government’s latest bill for state budget has been a hot topic in political and media circles in recent days. The bill, presented to the parliament by President Hassan Rouhani late last month, allocates over 4,700 trillion rials for the fiscal year that will start on March 21.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says domestically-manufactured rockets will carry two new satellites into orbit “in the coming weeks.”

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the US officials have confessed that neither the Iran nuclear deal nor the UN Security Council Resolution 2231 ban Iran from testing its missiles.

Iran’s diplomatic mission in the United Nations rejected as baseless US claims that the Islamic Republic’s missile program is not in conformity with the UN Security Council Resolution 2231, saying such claims are in line with Washington’s “deceptive and hostile policy”.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has rejected the “groundless” concerns raised by certain Western countries about Iran’s missile program, saying the country has no plan to have missiles that are capable of carrying nuclear warheads.

The senior spokesman of the Iranian Armed Forces says the country will continue to test and develop its missiles in line with its deterrence policy despite adversarial positions taken on this issue by US officials.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has rejected US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent claim that Tehran’s missile tests contravene UN Security Council Resolution 2231, saying the country’s missile program is just for defence.

A senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps says Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei had been worried about the lives of civilians when the IRGC sought to fire missiles at ISIS positions in Syria.

A senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps says the IRGC Navy has been equipped with ballistic missiles that can hit their targets from a distance of 700 kilometres.

Iran’s foreign ministry has dismissed allegations raised by the NATO Secretary General against Iran’s missile program and regional policies, saying that Jens Stoltenberg had better be concerned about the unilateral and dangerous policies of the US.

Iran says the slogans against the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia written on a missile that hit terrorists’ positions in Syria on Monday were aimed at highlighting the destructive role played by these sponsors of terror in creating instability in the region.

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has launched a missile attack at the headquarters of ISIS terrorists in Syria’s Eastern Euphrates to retaliate the recent terrorist attack in the southern Iranian city of Ahvaz.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassmei has categorically denied the new accusations raised by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against Iran at his UN speech.

The United States has threatened India with sanctions over New Delhi’s decision to buy the S-400 air defense missile system from Russia.

The United States says it seeks a treaty with Iran ahead of the next week's United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has rejected France's concerns over the Islamic Republic's recent missile attacks on terrorists' positions in the Iraqi Kurdistan, blasting Paris for adopting double standards on dealing with terrorism.

Iran’s military chief says officials of the Kurdistan Regional Government had been repeatedly warned before the IRGC launched missile strikes against anti-Iran elements in the region, warning Iran will have to repeat the strikes if terrorists continue to stage plots inside Iran.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the Islamic Republic’s recent attacks on terrorists’ positions in the Iraqi Kurdistan were both retaliatory and pre-emptive.

An Iranian military advisor says if the Syrian government and nation want to confront the United States in eastern Euphrates and ask Iran for help, Tehran is ready to support the Arab country in this confrontation.

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has confirmed it has conducted missile strikes against terrorist groups in the Iraqi Kurdistan, saying it meant to punish the groups that in recent years have intensified their anti-Iran operations.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has vehemently rejected a media report that claimed Iran is giving ballistic missiles to Iraq.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says following the US’ unilateral withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, the European signatories to the 2015 accord have no other way but to remain committed to their obligations under the JCPOA.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corp (IRGC) says Iran’s armed forces will keep up relentless efforts to boost Iran’s deterrent military power, and they will deal a heavy blow to those who threaten the country’s security.

Iran’s defence minister says the country’s priority in the defence domain is to boost its missile capability.