IRGC ordered to build capability to strike enemy soil

A senior adviser to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) commander-in-chief said on Wednesday that all Iranian weapons, ammunition, and equipment are now domestically produced, and that ballistic missiles are being manufactured faster than they are being fired. Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naghdi made the remarks in an interview with state television, emphasizing that Iran could sustain a war for years.

Naghdi stated that the "factor of our victory in the war with America is the power of our faith." He acknowledged that the U.S. military budget is "a hundred times" that of Iran's Armed Forces, but claimed that all 14 enemy objectives had been "completely failed."

He further asserted that Iran's drone production capacity far exceeds the launch rate, and that ballistic missiles would "continue to rain down on the enemy" even if the war lasted years. Naghdi also revealed that the IRGC has been tasked under a new offensive doctrine with developing the capability to conduct operations on enemy soil far from Iran's borders.

"We must be able to take operations into enemy territory, into the enemy's lands, and carry out operations far from our own territory. These are characteristics of an offensive doctrine that must be fulfilled. The IRGC has now been ordered to acquire this readiness, to build this capability, so that it can carry out this task when required," he said.

The comments come amid heightened tensions between Iran and the United States, with both sides exchanging threats. According to Mehr News Agency, the remarks were made during a broadcast on state television.