Iran’s radical Islamic regime is escalating its threats against the United States and its allies, announcing Saturday that it has officially removed its self-imposed 2,000-kilometer (approximately 1,200-mile) restriction on ballistic missile ranges, potentially opening the door to strikes far beyond the Middle East.
Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi, spokesperson for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), confirmed the policy shift during a Saturday press conference in Tehran.
According to Iran’s state-aligned Tasnim News Agency, Mohebbi declared:
“This restriction has been lifted for us.”
The Iranian military official also suggested that Tehran intends to demonstrate its military capabilities through action rather than rhetoric.
“Our duty is to show our capabilities on the battlefield,” Mohebbi added.
The provocative announcement follows a warning from Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who recently instructed the country’s military commanders to respond to threats from the United States and Israel without geographical limitations.
According to Tasnim, the Iranian leader also ordered military commanders to update their database of potential targets, including physical and nonphysical assets belonging to Iran’s American and Israeli adversaries.
For years, Tehran maintained that its ballistic missile program operated under a voluntary maximum range of approximately 2,000 kilometers.
Even under that restriction, Iranian missiles were capable of reaching Israel, American military installations throughout the Persian Gulf, and portions of southeastern Europe.
Now, the IRGC says those limitations no longer apply.
However, there is an important distinction between Tehran removing its declared policy restriction and demonstrating that it possesses operational missiles capable of exceeding that range.
Mohebbi did not identify any newly deployed longer-range weapon. The Associated Press reported Saturday that Iran is not publicly known to possess operational ballistic missiles exceeding its previously declared 2,000-kilometer limit.
American officials have previously warned that technology associated with Iran’s space-launch program could potentially support development of intercontinental ballistic missiles.
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Iran’s missile capabilities came under intense scrutiny in March after reports emerged that Tehran had launched ballistic missiles toward the strategically important American-British military installation at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.
In a March 21 report, The Gateway Pundit’s Paul Serran detailed the attempted strike against the installation, located approximately 4,000 kilometers from Iranian territory.
Neither missile struck the installation. Reports indicated that one failed during flight while another was intercepted.
Iran subsequently denied responsibility for the attempted attack.
Saturday’s announcement is only the latest in a series of increasingly aggressive warnings from Tehran.
On October 13, The Gateway Pundit reported that Iranian officials were threatening to expand military operations into neighboring countries and attack American naval forces if President Trump resumed major strikes against the regime.
According to that report, Tehran was reinforcing its nuclear installations, preparing its armed forces for additional combat, and warning regional governments that renewed American attacks could trigger a broader military confrontation.
Iranian officials were also reportedly considering more aggressive operations against U.S. Navy vessels and American personnel stationed throughout the region.
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