Iran has said, it will further boost its military arsenal, in response to a US move banning two companies with alleged links to the Iranian ballistic missile programme. The state television PressTV quoted Foreign Minister Javad Zarif as saying that there are no limits to Tehran’s missile capability, because this programme has nothing to do with nuclear weapons. Zarif was traveling with President Hassan Rouhani, who was on a two day state visit to Pakistan.
Last December, Rouhani had ordered Iran’s Defence Minister Hossein Dehqan to accelerate the production of various types of missiles, to improve the country’s defence. Three months later, Iran tested the long range ballistic missiles during military exercises on the 8th and 9th of this month.