PNN – “Modern Diplomacy” states that, contrary to Trump and Netanyahu’s claims, Iran maintains its missile capability and is targeting its targets.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network; This Europe-based media outlet answered the question, “Why is it so difficult to stop the Iranian missile threat?” with the following title: Iranian missiles and drones continue to target critical energy facilities and other locations in the Persian Gulf and across the Middle East. The United States and Israel are trying to neutralize Iran’s missile and drone capabilities, but this is expected to be very difficult.
According to the media, before the current war, Iran had the largest stockpile of ballistic missiles in the Middle East, with ranges of up to 2,000 kilometers (1,240 miles), capable of reaching Israel, and traveling at speeds of up to 17,000 kilometers per hour (10,550 mph). Some of the missiles fired contain cluster munitions, which make defending against them more complicated. Estimates of Iran’s missile stockpile range from 2,500 to about 6,000.
The report adds: Iran is also a major drone producer, capable of producing around 10,000 drones per month; recent assessments indicate that the state of Iran’s arsenal is crucial to the outcome of the war.
According to Modern Diplomacy, while US President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran’s ballistic missile capability has been largely destroyed, General Dan Kaine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says that Iran still retains some of its missile capabilities.
Referring to Netanyahu’s claims about the reduction of Iran’s missile capabilities, the report stated: Despite this, Iran insists that its missile stockpile remains intact and production continues.
The joint military aggression by the United States and the Zionist regime against the Islamic Republic of Iran, which resulted in the martyrdom of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, has begun and continues to this day.
The Islamic Republic of Iran, citing the inherent right of self-defense, as enshrined in Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, has targeted the military and security positions of the Zionist regime in various areas of occupied Palestine, as well as the bases and centers where American forces are deployed in the region, with precision missile, drone, and air strikes, within the framework of deterrence, preventing the continuation of aggression, and imposing costs on the aggressors.
Officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran have also stated that any continuation or expansion of this aggression will be met with a more severe, decisive, and widespread response.