Deep beneath the earth, Iran’s so-called ‘Missile City’ stretches through fortified tunnels, housing various weapons.
Newly released footage from Iranian state media offers a rare glimpse of the underground complex – one of the largest such facilities in the Islamic Republic.
The tunnels are lined with thousands of precision-guided missiles, state media claimed.
KheibarShekan (900-mile range), Haj Qassem (850-mile range), Ghadr H, (1,240-mile range), Sejjil (1,550-mile range), and Emad (1,050-mile range) are believed to be housed there.
Set to dramatic music, the video is a propaganda tool in a show of strength amid escalating tensions with the US and Israel, which could soon reach boiling point.
It is meant to be a stark display of military might, reinforcing the country’s role in the Middle East.
This is the third such location unveiled by Iran’s regime in recent weeks. Its military has previously released images of similar underground facilities.
This has caused some speculation that it may be an older site repurposed for a fresh media campaign.
Two senior Iranian military figures, chief of staff of the armed forces major general Mohammad Hossein Bagheri and IRGC aerospace force commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh are shown driving through the undisclosed base.
Bagheri is first seen walking over an Israeli flag painted on the floor before getting on the back of a military vehicle.
Addressing the facility’s personnel during the tour, he said: ‘Iran’s iron fist is far stronger than before. 10 times stronger than True Promise II’
‘All the [defensive] dimensions that are required for generating a [military] capability that is 10 times [stronger than] the one deployed during Operation True Promise II, has been created.’
Operation True Promise II refers to Iran’s missile retaliatory attack against Israel on April 13, 2024, in which 90 percent of missiles hit their intended targets.
Bagheri further noted that the pace at which the republic was developing its defensive might was ‘far faster than the pace of the enemies’, according to Press TV.
This comes as Donald Trump gave Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei a two-month deadline for reaching a nuclear agreement, according to Axios.
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If Iran rejects his outreach and refuses to negotiate, the chances of US. or Israeli military action against its nuclear sites would dramatically increase.
The nation boasts more than 3,000 ballistic missiles, the largest arsenal in the Middle East.
This does not include its burgeoning land-attack cruise missile force. Vast improvements have also been made over the past decade in the precision and accuracy of the missiles.
Many Iranian missiles are also inherently capable of carrying nuclear payloads, which has long been an international concern.
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