Newly elected Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian affirmed Monday morning that his country will never cease developing its ballistic missile program. Iran views the development of these weapons as a strategy of deterrence, a stance disputed by the West due to Iran’s history of arming and aiding proxy terror organizations that harm the US and its allies.
Masoud Pezeshkian, #Iran's President :
— WANA News Agency (@WANAIran) September 16, 2024
"We are not after #nuclear weapons. It is they (America and the West) who threaten us.
They want us not to have missiles, okay , but Israel also needs to be disarm.
We shouldn't we have rockets like #Gaza, so that Israel drops rockets… pic.twitter.com/Rv8iaHgxsM
Most recently, NATO has accused Iran of supplying ballistic missiles to Russia, one of its closest allies, for use against Ukraine. In response, the US has imposed new sanctions on Tehran.
Iran is supplying Russians with the same weapons to kill Europeans as it uses to kill Israelis. Wake up, West. pic.twitter.com/CT9Mx0XW2y
— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) September 9, 2024
Pezeshkian believes that without ballistic-capable munitions, Israel and other regional powers would be able to strike anywhere in the region with impunity.
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