Iran to increase missile power if pressured into disarmament: IRGC commander
Tehran (KNA) - Deputy Commander of Islamic Republic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) says if Western powers seek to limit Iran’s missile power, the country will have no option but to expand its potentials in the strategically important field.
Brigadier General Hossein Salami said late on Saturday that Iran's strategy to maintain a cap on its missile power will change if the European Union and others seek to force the country into disarmament.
"If the Europeans and others want to pursue the missile disarmament of the Islamic Republic of Iran based on a conspiracy, we will have no option but to resort to a strategic leap," said Salami while speaking to the Iranian television.
The commander said Iran had no technical limits to expand the range, the destructive power and the propulsion system of its missiles, adding that it was Tehran's policy to maintain a certain cap on the range of the missiles based on its own defensive strategy.
Salami said, however, that cap could be removed if others decide to pressure Iran into dismantling its long-range missile arsenal.
Source: PressTV