Iran will likely increase the range of its missiles, the head of its Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Kamal Kharrazi has said, according to state-run Press TV.
“If the Islamic Republic of Iran faces an existential threat, we will inevitably change the policy of our military doctrine,” he said on Friday, Press TV reported, citing Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen TV.
Iran is also capable of producing nuclear weapons, he said, but remains curbed by a mandate by the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei against weapons of mass destruction, Press TV reported.
On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel’s “supreme objective” is stopping Iran from getting nuclear weapons, in a speech outlining his strategy as Israel battles Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.
“The brash words of the leaders of the regime in Iran cannot cover up the fact that Israel has greater freedom of action in Iran today than ever before. We can reach anywhere in Iran as needed,” Netanyahu said.
