Tehran: While reports suggest that the US could be mulling another attack on Iran to end the existing stalemate, Tehran is supposedly digging into underground stockpiles of missiles and other munitions to rebuild its capability to strike back.
According to a report by NBC News, the Iranian government has stepped up operations to recover missiles and various munitions ‘hidden underground or buried in rubble” following aerial bombardments by the US and Israel.
Tehran is leveraging the current cessation of hostilities to “quickly rebuild its drone and missile capabilities”, the media outlet has said, citing a US official and two additional sources acquainted with the situation, as reported by ANI.
These actions are intended to ensure Iran is prepared to “launch attacks across the Middle East” should president Donald Trump opt to restart military engagements, US officials reportedly believe.
The push to excavate these strategic assets is viewed as a move to restore offensive capacity in anticipation of any future shifts in the regional security landscape.
This effort follows a sharp diplomatic escalation at the United Nations, where Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran’s permanent representative, hit back at six Arab nations.
Alleging their complicity in military actions, Iravani stated that those countries participated in aggression by “placing at the disposal of the US-Israeli enemy the military bases located on their soil, from which airstrikes were launched against Iran.”
He defended Tehran’s military responses as a “legitimate right to self-defense, as stipulated in the UN Charter”. Iravani cautioned that nations allowing the use of their “bases, airspace, territorial waters, or soil to attack Iran are responsible and must be held accountable.”
Iravani also remarked that “Iran was not the initiator of the conflict and war.”
This move by Iran comes at an interesting juncture when the US has sent munitions and other military equipment to Israel with the Trump administration insisting that America is “not at war” with Iran, even as the deadlock continues to push global oil prices to a historic high.
