Seyyed Baqer Hosseini, a member of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said on Wednesday that military maneuvers conducted either by Iran's Army or the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) are indicative of the full preparedness of the Iranian Armed forces to defend Iran's territorial integrity.
He also described Iran's deterrent power as unique in the Middle East, stressing that Iranian military forces will deliver a crushing response to any possible foreign threat.
Foreign warships, cruising the Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea waters, should not seek to create any tension, otherwise their adventurism will receive an overwhelming response from Iran, Hosseini pointed out.
On July 4, Commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Aerospace Division Brigadier General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh said, “The (US) bases are all within the reach of our missiles.”
“Measures have been devised to set up bases and deploy missiles within the first minutes of an attack to obliterate all these (US) bases,” he said, adding that Iranian missiles could also easily reach Israel.
The Great Prophet 7, a three-day Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) missile drill, started in the central Iranian province of Semnan on July 2 and wrapped up on July 4.
The indigenous missiles, including Shahab (Meteor) 1, 2, 3, Khalij Fars (Persian Gulf), Tondar (Lightning), Fateh (Victor) and Zelzal (Quake) as well as Qiam (Uprising) were fired at the mock targets during the drill.
In recent years, Iran has made great achievements in the defense sector and gained self-sufficiency in essential military hardware and defense systems.
Iran has repeatedly assured other nations, especially regional neighbors, that its military might poses no threat to other countries, insisting that its defense doctrine is merely based on deterrence.
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A member of Iran's Majlis says the United States has received the message of the country’s recent Great Prophet 7 missile drill, stressing that Iran’s Armed forces have detailed information about US military bases in regional countries.
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