Iran warns of untapped missile power, to continue strikes on 'Israel'
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IRGC Commander Pakpour says Iran will keep targeting the Israeli occupation, as officials warn major missile capabilities remain unused.
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Rescue workers, police, and military inspect the site where an Iranian missile struck in Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, occupied Palestine, Monday, June 16, 2025 (AP)
Iran will continue its military operations against the Israeli occupation regardless of whether Tel Aviv halts its strikes, the newly appointed Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour, declared on Monday.
Pakpour, who succeeded the late General Hossein Salami following his martyrdom in recent Israeli strikes, emphasized that the Iranian response was far from over. “Even if the Israeli attacks stop, we will continue our mission to the end,” he asserted.
He added that the damage inflicted by Iranian strikes is far greater than what the Israeli regime has publicly acknowledged. “We have destroyed critical areas within the Israeli entity and will persist in our retaliation for their aggression,” Pakpour stated.
Strategic capabilities remain untapped
A senior advisor to the IRGC commander told Tasnim news agency that Iran has prepared for all possible scenarios and dismissed rumors suggesting that the Islamic Republic is running low on missile supplies.
He emphasized that Iran had yet to deploy its strategic missile arsenal. “Talk of our missile stockpiles running low is nothing more than a joke,” the advisor said, adding that the transfer of advanced equipment to the battlefield will occur only when the leadership deems it appropriate.
“Our new-generation missiles are just one component of a broader, advanced system,” he revealed, promising that “in the near future, the world will witness a portion of Iran’s qualitative military capabilities across various domains.”
He concluded by stating that Iran’s hands remain “fully open to weaken the Israeli enemy on all fronts.”
Operation True Promise 3 intensifies
In the early hours of Monday, the IRGC confirmed it had targeted the Israeli regime’s command-and-control systems in the latest wave of Operation True Promise 3. The military stressed that this phase marked the beginning of a more intense stage of its retaliatory missile campaign.
In a statement issued late Sunday, the IRGC’s Aerospace Force announced that the new salvo targeted the Israeli occupation's command and control infrastructure using innovative tactics and advanced intelligence coordination.
According to the statement, the operation caused severe disarray within the occupation’s security apparatus, leading to instances where Israeli air defense systems mistakenly fired upon one another.
Despite full military and technical support from the United States and Western allies, the statement emphasized that the Islamic Republic's missiles struck targets inside the occupied territories with “great precision and success.”
Operation continuation of martyrs' doctrine
The IRGC credited the operation as a continuation of the strategic doctrine outlined by senior Iranian military commanders and martyrs Mohammad Bagheri, Hossein Salami, and Amir Ali Hajizadeh, who had long warned that Operation True Promise 3 would mark a new and more destructive phase in Iran’s confrontation with the Israeli occupation.
“The enemy and its American protectors miscalculated Iran’s capabilities,” the IRGC said. “Now they must witness the gradual collapse of this usurping Zionist entity.”
The corps stressed that this was only the beginning of a sustained military campaign, vowing that Iran would continue to launch “effective, precise, and targeted” strikes on critical Israeli infrastructure until the regime is dismantled.
