TEHRAN, May 26, YJC - A senior Iranian official said that the country is going to unveil the first ground-to-ground ballistic missile named ‘Dezfoul’, named after a city in southeastern Iran.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - "The first ground-to-ground ballistic missile will be unveiled in future,” Commander of the IRGC's Aerospace Division Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh said.
On Thursday, a senior Iranian commander vowed the Islamic Republic would continue to strengthen its defensive missile might in the face of security threats facing the nation, saying the country has built its third underground missile production facility in recent years.
Speaking at a Thursday ceremony in the southwestern city of Dezfoul, Commander of the Aerospace Division of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh praised Iran’s achievements in the defense sector, including missiles, drones, radars and electronic warfare.
He said the "effective power” of Iran’s missile industry has prompted the country’s enemies to oppose Tehran’s possession of the know-how.
"All the basic material for manufacturing [missile] shells and producing fuel, etc for missiles are fully designed and manufactured at home by Iranian experts,” the commander pointed out.
He underlined the Islamic Republic’s determination to continue to develop its missile might and noted, "It is natural for the US and Israel to be concerned and nervous over our missile production, missile tests and the display of our missile cities as they always want the Iranian nation to be in the position of weakness.”
"I hereby announce that in recent years the third underground missile production factory has been inaugurated by the IRGC,” added the commander.