Mehdiadakh Al-akhlaqí, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s defense minister, announced in a message on Sunday, 10 Aban, that the ministry will “with determination pursue the enhancement of smart combat readiness and the realization of a strategy of immediate, effective, and proportionate response to any threat, in every place and without geographic limitation.”

He listed “accelerating the cycle of designing, producing, and supplying defense equipment and armaments, strengthening industrial and technological infrastructure, and improving the capability to support the armed forces” as among the ministry’s lines of action.

Al-akhlaqí also emphasized: “Any aggression will be met with a proportionate, decisive, and effective response, and the scope, timing, and consequences of Iran’s defensive response will not be determined by the threat-makers.”

At the end of his message, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s defense minister wrote: “The Islamic Republic will not be caught off guard by threats; it will not stop under pressure; and on the path of scientific and technological progress, it will not be limited to the calculations and will of others.”