Iranian Revolutionary Guard reveals new underground “missile city” (video and photos)

Iran showed images and videos of what it said was a new underground missile base for the Revolutionary Guard armed with cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and “electronic warfare” equipment.

An Iranian state television report described the base as a “missile city” and showed rows of what appeared to be missiles in a concrete-walled warehouse.

The report did not provide details on its location or the number of missiles there.

According to Iranian media, “the new missile city includes a wide range of systems, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles of various ranges.”

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps Missile Underground City (Reuters)

The report said electronic warfare equipment on the base includes radar, surveillance, simulation and jamming systems.

The report stated that it unveiled missile systems capable of targeting after launch.

“What we see today is a small sector of the large and widespread missile capabilities of the Revolutionary Guard Navy,” said Revolutionary Guard commander General Hossein Salami.

Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, General Hossein Salami

Admiral Ali Reza Tangsiri, commander of the Revolutionary Guard’s naval forces, told state television that the base had equipment to monitor “enemy signals.”

Last year, there were frequent reports from many such “missile cities” in the southern regions of Iran that border the Gulf.

Revolutionary Guard reveals new missile base (Reuters)

It should be noted that reports of new military achievements are relatively common in Iran and are related to the Revolutionary Guard, but most reports are confidential and cannot be verified.

Last year, the Revolutionary Guard said it would build several secret missile cities along the Gulf Coast.

Iran is reported to have one of the largest missile programs in the Middle East.

The missile base of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (Reuters)

“Time is running out”

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said today that the United States must act quickly to reactivate the nuclear deal, as with the start of presidential elections in Iran, much is unlikely to happen this year.

During a speech to the Center for European Policy Studies, Zarif reiterated Iran’s demand that Washington first return to engagement by lifting sanctions.

Former US President Donald Trump withdrew from the agreement known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, under which Iran agreed to impose restrictions on its nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of sanctions.

Since then, Washington has reimposed the sanctions and Tehran has responded by violating some of the terms of the agreement.

US President Joe Biden aims to restore the deal, but both Tehran and Washington believe the other should initiate a return to compromise first.

“Europeans are used to negotiating,” Zarif said. Iran and the United States are not used to this. Americans are used to imposing and we are used to resistance ”.

“And now the time has come to make a decision. Either we negotiate with both of us and go back to the JCPOA, or each of us returns to his focus,” he added.

He indicated that he did not notice a shift between the Biden administration and the maximum pressure policy adopted by the Trump administration to force Iran back to the negotiating table. He said he did not see the need for preliminary talks and that the United States was making demands that were irrelevant.

“There is no time, and once we go to our elections, the government will be a lame duck (without real influence) and will not be able to do anything serious, and then there will be a waiting period of almost six months,” he said, referring to the elections. Iranian presidential elections scheduled for June 18.

“It is recommended that the United States move fast, and move fast, which requires that it not move timidly, but rather take the measures it should take,” he said.

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