Iran eyes longer-range missiles, says deputy IRGC aerospace chief

The deputy commander of IRGC Aerospace Force has emphasized that Iran “should reach for longer-range weapons,” according to a report at Tasnim News. “With this view, we did not limit the development of missile bases to the geography of the west or south, and we developed these bases to the depth of the country,” Majid Mousavi said.

 This is an important comment and illustrates how Iran is focused on its missile strategy. His comments have raised eyebrows in the past, such as in 2020 when he discussed how Iran needed a full range of "medium-range, long-range and short-range” missiles. Iran, at the time, was focused on more precise missiles and longer-range missiles. This has all come into view with recent Iranian missile tests and attacks on Israel.

Mousavi made the comments commemorating the 13th anniversary of the death of the “father of Iran's rocket program, General Hassan Tehrani Moghadam,” Tasnim noted.  (Read More)