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Deep beneath the earth, Iran’s so-called ‘Missile City’ stretches through fortified tunnels, housing various weapons.
Newly released footage from Iranian state media offers a rare glimpse of the underground complex – one of the largest such facilities in the Islamic Republic.
The tunnels are lined with thousands of precision-guided missiles, state media claimed.
KheibarShekan (900-mile range), Haj Qassem (850-mile range), Ghadr H, (1,240-mile range), Sejjil (1,550-mile range), and Emad (1,050-mile range) are believed to be housed there.
Set to dramatic music, the video is a propaganda tool in a show of strength amid escalating tensions with the US and Israel, which could soon reach boiling point.
It is meant to be a stark display of military might, reinforcing the country’s role in the Middle East.
This is believed to be one of the largest such facilities in the Islamic Republic.
Two senior Iranian military figures, chief of staff of the armed forces major general Mohammad Hossein Bagheri and IRGC aerospace force commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh are shown driving through the undisclosed base.
Bagheri is first seen walking over an Israeli flag painted on the floor before getting on the back of a military vehicle.
Addressing the facility’s personnel during the tour, he said: ‘Iran’s iron fist is far stronger than before. 10 times stronger than True Promise II’
‘All the [defensive] dimensions that are required for generating a [military] capability that is 10 times [stronger than] the one deployed during Operation True Promise II, has been created.’
Operation True Promise II refers to Iran’s missile retaliatory attack against Israel on April 13, 2024, in which 90 percent of missiles hit their intended targets.
Thousands of ballistic missiles are claimed to be housed there
Bagheri further noted that the pace at which the republic was developing its defensive might was ‘far faster than the pace of the enemies’, according to Press TV.
This comes as Donald Trump gave Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei a two-month deadline for reaching a nuclear agreement, according to Axios.
if Iran rejects his outreach and refuses to negotiate, the chances of US. or Israeli military action against its nuclear sites would dramatically increase.
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