Iran Has Stockpiled Thousands of Missiles and Drones to Deter Attacks, Khamenei’s Adviser Warns
Major General Rahim-Safavi warns Iran’s arsenal is secure and ready as tensions with Israel linger after 12 days of cross-border attacks
By Abdullahi Yusuf
A senior military advisor to leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, says Iran has stockpiled several thousand missiles and drones in secure locations ready to defend the country against any act of aggression, Press TV reports.
Major General Yahya Rahim-Safavi said on Monday that the Iranian Armed Forces are fully prepared for any scenario, amid reports that Israel could launch another attack on Iran despite a ceasefire that ended 12 days of military aggression last month.
He noted that key military branches—such as the Navy and the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)—were not mobilized and the Army did not deploy its full capabilities as the Armed Forces fended off Israeli attacks.
“We have produced several thousand missiles and drones so far, and their place is secure,” he added.
“Peaceful nuclear energy and the manufacturing of missiles are the results of indigenous knowledge, intellect, and science,” and thus they cannot be destroyed, he said.
He noted that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “failed to achieve all his goals because the Islamic Republic was neither overthrown nor divided, and the people did not disperse. Although we suffered damage, we also inflicted damage on them [i.e. the Israelis].”
Rahim-Safavi pointed to the serious blows that Iran dealt to Israel during the 12-day war, saying Israel is applying a heavy media censorship in this regard.
In the more than seventy years of its existence, Israel has never witnessed anything like Iran’s response, which involved the firing of hundreds of missiles towards the occupied lands, the advisor said.
Rahim-Safavi added that despite 21 months of war on Gaza, the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas is still alive, but the Israeli military is “exhausted.”
No occupying power in history has ever managed to remain permanently in a land it has seized, the Iranian official said.
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