Amid ongoing tensions between Iran and Israel, Iran has demonstrated its military might in a new way. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards unveiled a new underground missile city on Tuesday. A video of the missile facility built inside the mountain has also been released, showing Iran’s top military commander walking around the complex and inspecting its preparations. With this revelation, Iran has clearly signaled that it is steadily strengthening its preparations for a possible military conflict.
In footage released by Iran’s state media, Ali Abdullahi, chief of staff of the country’s armed forces, and Majid Mousavi, commander of the Revolutionary Guards Aerospace Force, were seen inspecting the underground complex. However, Iran neither disclosed the location of the missile site nor provided information on when the military officials met.
The threat of counterattacks outside the Middle East
Along with the unveiling of the new Missile City, Iran has also issued a direct warning to its enemies. During a visit to the military complex, Chief of Staff Ali Abdullahi said that if Iran is attacked again, its retaliation will not only be limited to the Middle East, but may also spread beyond the region.
He said that if the enemy takes any further action against us, our retaliatory action will extend beyond this area. His statement came at a time when Iran’s military tensions with the US and Israel are expected to escalate.
Earlier on Saturday, Revolutionary Guards spokesman Hussein Mohabbi announced the unveiling of a new underground missile facility. He said the Guards have moved parts of their missile production capacity underground to protect missiles and military production from airstrikes. He also warned that if the conflict with America and Israel escalates, Iran may use such weapons, which the world does not yet know about.
What you see in this video of the newly unveiled Iranian Missile City will be, for most nations, their most strategic weapons arsenal.
But for Iran it is just one of several dozen missile cities…
➡️ And that’s the US. And after the 40 day war together with Israel
— Patarames (@patarames) November 10, 2026
What is Iran’s Missile City Network?
Over the years, Iran has built vast underground military bases under mountains to protect its missile storage and launch systems. Iran calls them ‘Missile City’. Their purpose is to protect the missiles from enemy air attacks and maintain the ability to continue military operations even during war.
Along with storage of missiles, facilities related to launch and military operations are also present in this base. It is considered a big challenge for the enemy to reach these hideouts built inside the mountains and destroy them completely by air attack.
However, this underground network of Iran has also been targeted by Israel. During last year’s military conflict, Israel attacked Iran’s missile launchers, storage centers and their related infrastructure. The attacks were intended to undermine Iran’s ability to launch retaliatory missile strikes.
After Israel’s attack, Iran is strengthening its positions again
Iran is now busy rebuilding its damaged military bases. In February, satellite images seen by Reuters showed that Iran was repairing missile sites damaged during the previous conflict.
Along with this, Iran is also trying to hide and strengthen its sensitive military and nuclear facilities. In such a situation, the release of a video of the new underground missile city is being considered not only as a revelation of a military facility, but also as a message to America and Israel to show their military prowess.
Iran’s move comes at a time when Washington is considering options for further military action against Iran following the US attack on Qassem Island earlier this month. In such a situation, the revelation of the underground missile network shows Iran’s strategic readiness amid rising military tensions in the region.
