Iran to unveil advanced drone, missile cities: IRGC chief

The chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced that the country plans to unveil several “new missile and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) cities soon.”

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Date: 10 January 2025 - 21:19

TABNAK, Jan 10: “Soon, new missile and drone cities will be unveiled, and you will bear witness to the grandeur and profundity of Iran’s hidden power,” said Major General Hossein Salami on Friday.

The commander hailed that the Islamic Republic had not fallen short of providing itself with sufficient military hardware reserves by any means of manner, noting, “Iran has produced so much advanced missiles, vessels, drones, and other military hardware, which falls short of finding the capacity to store the equipment on some occasions.”

He said that Iran is the only country that when it launches an operation against enemies, its national currency strengthens and people take to the streets in the middle of the night to celebrate.

“The entire world should know that our deterrence might relies on what exists within our own borders. The resolve, decision, capability, and action [that we rely on] are of an entirely Iranian nature,” Salami asserted.

The comments came amid the Islamic Republic’s Armed Forces’ ongoing push to continuously enhance their military hardware and combat readiness in line with the directives that have been issued by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

The forces have vowed to defend the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of the threats that are posed by the Iranian nation’s enemies.

‘Operation True Promise III’

The IRGC official noted that the Iranian people demand that the country’s Armed Forces launch Operation True Promise III, which would serve as a sequel to two previous such retaliatory operations against Israeli targets that achieved their targets accurately.

According to Salami, the Iranian nation is interested in the country’s staging a strong performance in all areas. “The people respect the credibility that is associated with power very much. We are not going to let the people’s appetite for pursuit of strength and esteem die down.”

The official noted that the country had refused to fire even “a single bullet” from Syria and Lebanon during the Israeli regime’s intensified deadly aggression against the countries.

“It is obvious that we responded to the enemies using our own missiles and operating from our own soil.”

“We do not use any other country as a battlefield [for launching aggression against others]. We are so great [in capacity and power] that can use our own territory to retaliate against the enemies.”

According to the official, the Islamic Republic did not draw military advantage from Syria so it could become apprehensive with the fall of the Arab country’s former government.

“The enemies want to allege that Iran has become weak, [but] are we in a stronger position in our efforts to close up the [strategic] Strait of Hormuz this year or the previous one?”

Salami also praised the country’s assertion of its political standpoints, saying that Iran is capable of “destroying the enemies’ regional bases” at its discretion if necessary.

The commander stated that the same countries that had brought Iran under oppressive and illegal sanctions would “fall apart” upon coming under likely reciprocal economic bans by the Islamic Republic, but Iran stands strong.