On Jan. 11, 2025, Hossein Salami (left), head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, and Amir Ali Hajizadeh, head of the Air Force, visit an underground missile base at an undisclosed location in Iran. (Credit: Iranian Revolutionary Guards website/AFP)
It was a show of force by Tehran, two days before Donald Trump’s inauguration for a second term at the White House. On Jan. 18, Iran’s state television aired footage of a brand-new underground naval base for vessels capable of launching missiles, set to conquering music and all decorated with posters of Qassem Soleimani, Hassan Nasrallah and unknown martyrs.“We assure the great nation of Iran that their young people are capable of coming out honorable and victorious from a battle on the seas against enemies big and small,” said Revolutionary Guards chief General Hossein Salami, visiting the base during military drills. Read more How Iran was forced to leave Syria State television said the base was built at a depth of 500 meters in an undisclosed location on the Persian Gulf. It houses, among other things, what it said was a new...
It was a show of force by Tehran, two days before Donald Trump’s inauguration for a second term at the White House. On Jan. 18, Iran’s state television aired footage of a brand-new underground naval base for vessels capable of launching missiles, set to conquering music and all decorated with posters of Qassem Soleimani, Hassan Nasrallah and unknown martyrs.“We assure the great nation of Iran that their young people are capable of coming out honorable and victorious from a battle on the seas against enemies big and small,” said Revolutionary Guards chief General Hossein Salami, visiting the base during military drills. Read more How Iran was forced to leave Syria State television said the base was built at a depth of 500 meters in an undisclosed location on the Persian Gulf. It houses, among other things, what it said was a...