Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Wednesday it will continue increasing the country’s defensive capabilities, and will not surrender to pressure over its missile programme.
“[Iran’s] missile programme has turned into the main challenge of the enemies of the Iranian nation, especially the United States, the Zionist regime [of Israel] and the Saudi rulers…
“Increasing defensive capabilities will remain the main strategy of the armed forces,” the IRGC said in a statement carried by the Tasnim news agency.