Israel’s Foreign Ministry Urges Action Over Iran’s Underground Missile Facility

Israel’s Foreign Ministry called on the international community on Wednesday to take Iran’s threats seriously and act, following the display of an underground missile facility. The ministry described the complex as containing ballistic and cruise weapons and said Iran was openly expressing an intention to destroy Israel and the West. The ministry said: “The world must take these threats seriously and act before it is too late.” Its November 11 statement followed Iranian announcements a day earlier about a missile complex unveiled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Aerospace Force. In a November 10 state-media record, Iran said Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Abdollahi and IRGC Aerospace Force Commander Brigadier General Seyyed Majid Mousavi attended the unveiling. The same record claimed a new advanced missile had been revealed and attributed to the chief of staff the assertion that Iran’s advanced missiles would surprise its enemies through their battlefield impact. In a second statement published on November 10, Mousavi claimed the Aerospace Force had acquired capabilities to deter and respond to threats beyond the region’s borders. The Iranian account said the new capabilities followed directives from Iran’s supreme leader.