Iran has the ability to manufacture ballistic missiles with a "broader range" than at present, a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps commander was quoted as saying by the country's semi-official Fars News agency on Monday.
Amirali Hajizadeh, head of the IRGC's Aerospace Force, said Iran's missiles currently cover a range of 2,000 kilometers (1,240 miles), and many "enemy bases" are within 800 kilometers (497 miles) of the Islamic republic.
"We have the ability to build missiles with a broader range," Hajizadeh said, according to Fars News. "We don't have limitations from a technical perspective or by conventions with regard to missile range."
In May, U.S. President Donald Trump pulled out of an international agreement on Iran's nuclear program and reimposed sanctions on Tehran. He said the deal was flawed because it did not include curbs on Iran's development of ballistic missiles or its support for terrorist proxies in Syria, Yemen, Lebanon and Iraq.
The Iranian government has ruled out negotiations with Washington over its military capabilities, particularly its missile program, run by the IRGC.
Last month, Hajizadeh said U.S. bases in Afghanistan, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, and U.S. aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf, were within range of Iranian missiles.
In October, the IRGC fired missiles at Islamic State terrorists in Syria after the Islamist group took responsibility for an attack at a military parade in Iran that killed 25 people, nearly half of them members of the IRGC.
