The key facts
- IRGC official representative Hossein Mohebi announced the lifting of missile range restrictions
- The previous limit for ballistic missiles was about 2,000 km
- The statement does not confirm the emergence of new technical capabilities and does not specify the systems
IRGC Statement
Iran no longer limits the range of its missiles. The announcement was made by the official representative of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Brigadier General Hossein Mohebi; his remarks were cited by the Iranian ISNA news agency, as reported by Life.ru. “The restriction on missile range for Iran has been lifted,” the military commander stated.
What is known and what remains unclear
Mohebi warned that Tehran intends to demonstrate in practice its ability to counter threats and, in his words, in conditions of asymmetric warfare the Iranian armed forces are capable of striking where the enemy does not expect it. At the same time, the general did not specify either the maximum range now in question or which missile systems the decision would affect.
A change in previous policy
Previously, the Iranian authorities adhered to a policy of limiting the range of ballistic missiles to roughly two thousand kilometers. Abandoning this principle may indicate a change in Tehran's approach to developing missile weapons, but by itself it does not confirm the emergence of new technical capabilities. The statement fits into an earlier line: in October, a representative of the Iranian army, Mohammad Akraminia, said that the military had revised their approach to the missile program after the confrontation with the United States and had begun working on increasing the range of their weapons — Life.ru reported this earlier.
