In the development of a cruise missile with an effective range of 1,650 kilometers, the Iran, according to what a senior officer of the Revolutionary Guards said on Friday. This particular development is considered to intensify the concern of the West, which is increasingly denouncing the use of Iranian UAVs by Russia in the war in Ukraine and, in general, Tehran’s material support to Moscow.
At the same time, Amirali Khazizadeh, the head of the Revolutionary Guards’ aerospace force, repeated the threat that Iran would “avenge” the death of its top officer Qassem Soleimani, stating “We seek to kill (former US President Donald) Trump”.
“The cruise missile we developed has a range of 1,650 kilometers and has been added to the missile arsenal of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Amirali Khazizadeh told state television.
Footage of the missile, dubbed ‘Paveh’, was shown on the show for the first time.
The officer also said Tehran had no intention of killing “poor soldiers” when it launched a ballistic missile attack on US forces in Iraq, days after General Soleimani was killed in a 2020 US drone strike in Baghdad.
“God willing, we intend to kill Trump. (Former US Secretary of State Mike) Pompeo and the top commanders who ordered (Soleimani’s death) must be killed.” also insisted Amirali Hazizadeh in the same interview.
Iran’s political and military leadership has repeatedly vowed to avenge the death of General Soleimani, the former leader of the Quds Force (“Jerusalem”) of the Revolutionary Guards.
Iran is expanding its missile development program, especially ballistic missiles, despite opposition and strong concern from the US and European countries. Tehran objects that this program is defensive and deterrent in nature.
Iran’s government admits that it supplied Russia with UAVs, but notes that it did so before the war in Ukraine broke out. The Russian military, according to the Ukrainian government and its Western allies, has been using Iranian-made remote-controlled drones to target the power generation and distribution network and other strategically important civilian infrastructure in recent months.
In November, the US Pentagon expressed skepticism when Iranian media reported, citing Admiral Khazizadeh, that the Islamic Republic had developed a hypersonic ballistic missile.
Source: News Beast
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