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Iran claims it has built weapons plants in ‘several’ unnamed countries
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIran’s Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh claims the Islamic Republic has established an infrastructure to manufacture weapons in “several countries,” in a television interview with the Iranian news agency Young Journalists Club.
He does not reveal the names of those countries.
Nasirzadeh says “missile development” has been a priority, “after the war with Israel, priorities may change.”
The factories “will likely be officially opened and announced in the near future.”
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