Iran has built arms factories abroad, defense minister says

Iran has established arms production facilities in several countries but will not disclose their names for now, Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh said in a televised interview, Report informs via Iran International.

“We have built weapons factories in some countries, but for now we will not announce which ones,” Nasirzadeh said.

Iran had tested “new warheads in the past year that are both advanced and maneuverable,” he added.

His remarks came as Iran’s navy test-fired cruise missiles at surface targets in the Gulf of Oman and northern Indian Ocean during large-scale exercises on Thursday. The maneuvers followed joint Iran-Russia drills known as Casarex 2025 in the Caspian Sea a month earlier.

Since 1979, US sanctions have limited Iran’s access to modern weaponry, driving reliance on indigenous designs and adaptations of older systems.