The Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced the lifting of the self-imposed restrictions that Tehran had on the range of its ballistic missiles, previously set at 2,000 kilometers, in a step that may open the door for the development of missile systems with longer ranges, amid escalating regional tensions and fears of renewed military confrontation.
The spokesperson for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Hossein Mohammadi, said during a press conference in Tehran, in response to a question about missile range, that this restriction is "lifted for us," without revealing whether Iran actually possesses ballistic missiles with a range exceeding 2,000 kilometers.
The Associated Press and ABC News reported Mohammadi as saying that his country would demonstrate its capabilities practically, rather than just making statements about its missile potentials.
This announcement comes days after Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei warned that any American or Israeli threat, in its various forms and levels, would be met with a response not bound by geographical limits, indicating the broadening scope of Iranian warnings regarding any potential confrontation.
In this context, there is no publicly available information confirming that Iran currently possesses ballistic missiles with a range exceeding 2,000 kilometers, despite previous statements by U.S. officials about the possibility of Tehran benefiting from its space program technologies to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles.