Iran says missile production unaffected by Israeli strikes

Iran yesterday said that its missile production has remained unaffected following recent Israeli air strikes, which Tel Aviv claimed targeted missile production facilities last week.

Defence Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh assured media outlets that “no interruptions” had occurred in missile production. “The enemy attempted to harm our defensive and offensive systems,” he added.

For the first time, Israel openly acknowledged on Saturday that it had struck Iran, its longstanding adversary, hitting military targets in retaliation for Iran’s missile attack on its territory on 1 October, which in turn was in response to Israel’s targeting of senior Palestinian and Lebanese resistance figures both in Iran and in Lebanon.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday: “We promised a powerful response (…) the air force struck Iran, impacting its defensive capabilities and missile production.”

The Israeli military further stated that the missiles posed an “immediate and direct threat to Israel.”

According to Iranian sources, the strikes inflicted “limited damage” to the targeted sites and resulted in five fatalities, including a civilian. Multiple Middle Eastern nations, including Saudi Arabia, Iraq, the UAE and Syria, condemned the Israeli strikes.

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