Iran’s IRGC says building underground sites for weapons production, storage
Summary
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps says it has moved missile and drone production underground and is building facilities for weapons production and storage that can withstand bombardment. The announcement comes amid the ongoing US-Israeli war with Iran, as regional mediation efforts continue and the United States expands sanctions and measures to restrict Iranian weapons and oil shipments.Key Facts
- IRGC spokesperson Hossein Mohebbi announced the military developments at a news conference in Tehran on Saturday.
- Mohebbi said the IRGC had shifted missile and drone production lines from surface facilities to underground sites.
- Iran plans to unveil what Tasnim described as an “underground missile city.”
- Mohebbi said Iran had lifted restrictions on the range of its missiles.
- Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said Iran’s response to another US or Israeli attack would have no geographic limits.
- The article says the US-Israeli war on Iran began on February 28, and that Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz.
- President Donald Trump said on Friday that the US military had carried out limited strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island and that talks had made progress.
- US Central Command said it was establishing a task force to help prevent Iran from using land routes to move advanced weapons and other materials.
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