Senior Iranian lawmaker boasts that Tehran’s upgraded Khorramshahr-5 missiles can strike anywhere on Earth—including America and Canada—delivering destruction rivaling multiple nuclear bombs.
Iran has escalated its threats against the West with chilling new claims. In a bombshell interview on July 27, senior Iranian MP Abolfazl Zohrevand, a member of the Majles National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, declared that Tehran now possesses the power to hit targets worldwide—including in the United States and Canada—with long-range missiles capable of inflicting nuclear-scale devastation.
Zohrevand touted Iran’s Khorramshahr-5 missile system as a “deterrent” that can unleash destruction on par with multiple nuclear weapons:
“When we say that the Khorramshahr-5 has been upgraded, with a 12,000 km range, several Machs in velocity, and a 2-ton payload… do you know what this means? It means that the kind of damage normally caused by 2-3 nuclear bombs could also be achieved with 10 Khorramshahr-5 missiles.”
He warned that Iran’s confrontation with America is irreconcilable, predicting either a global-scale war or the disintegration of one side:
“Either we remain in deterrence mode… until an Armageddon-scale war erupts, or one side is wiped out.”
The lawmaker insisted that Iran’s only path forward is relentless growth and expansion across all sectors, making the Islamic Republic “untouchable.”
Iran’s Expanding Arsenal
- March 2025: IRGC deployed missile systems on three Gulf islands, threatening “enemy bases and vessels.”
- Earlier this year: Iran unveiled its new Etemad ballistic missile (range: 1,700 km), with President Masoud Pezeshkian presiding over the ceremony.
- New underground missile base: Revolutionary Guards revealed a facility storing missile systems “hundreds of meters underground” along the southern coast.
- AI-powered drones: Tehran claims its drone fleet is now equipped with domestically-produced missiles enhanced with artificial intelligence.
While Iranian boasts are notoriously difficult to verify, the rhetoric underscores Tehran’s strategy of intimidation through spectacle—a blend of real military progress and psychological warfare.
