Manouchehr Mottaki, a member of the National Security Commission of the parliament, said the Islamic Republic has the capacity to increase the range of its missiles in proportion to military requirements.

He, referring to a message attributed to Mojtaba Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic, added that if the source of a threat is established, Iran can carry out a preemptive attack. In the Islamic Republic’s military doctrine, there is also an aggressive approach of “when necessary.”