Iran’s armed forces have recently conducted several combat exercises.
Iran unveiled an underground missile storage on Friday, saying it was developing “new special missiles” there.
CNN writes that Tasnim News quoted the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as saying.
A video aired on Iranian state television IRIB on Friday showed IRGC commander Major General Hossein Salami and Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh visiting the archive.
Hajizadeh described the site as a “dormant volcano”, Tasnim reported.
Iran’s semi-official Mehr News said the underground missile base was part of Iran’s operations against Israel in October and April.
Speaking at a ceremony in the southwestern Iranian city of Abadan, Salami announced on Friday that the IRGC Aerospace Forces were developing “new special missiles.
IRGC spokesman General Ali Mohammad Naini warned on Monday that Iran will hold new drills and war drills this month, including the unveiling of “missile and drone cities”, CNN reported, citing Tasnim. These include missiles stored underground and another on board in southern Iran.
Iran’s Basij (volunteer) forces held a major drill of 110,000 members in the capital Tehran on Friday, Tasnim news reported. The news agency writes that Iran’s armed forces have recently conducted several war exercises.
CNN writes that Iran wants to show that Iran has not lost power in the region, despite the attack of Iranian-backed forces in Lebanon, Gaza and Yemen and the fall of the government of Iran’s ally Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.
“Our immune system is not based on actions by any other country,” Salami said on Friday. ”
Israel said in October that it had struck Iran’s missile production facilities and air defense systems in response to previous Iranian attacks on Israel.
At the time, Iran’s foreign ministry described the Israeli attack as a “clear violation” of international law and said it reserves the right to defend itself.
US President-elect Donald Trump, who launched a campaign to “maximum pressure” on Iran during his first term, is just days away. U.S. officials are optimistic about a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas before Trump takes office on Jan. 20.