Iranian missiles raising concern around the world

The Iranian missile program continues to raise concern around the world, against the background of Iranian attempts to increase the range of the missiles and fears that the program will be used for nuclear purposes in the future.

The American National Interest magazine ran a report recently, titled 'Iranian missiles have become the ultimate deterrent force for the Iranian army'.

It said Tehran continues to develop long-range ballistic missiles and that it had succeeded in conducting tests over short-range missiles in some military operations.

Tehran continues to develop its missile program, despite warnings by Western countries and the US.

These countries ask Iran to give up any missiles that have the ability to carry nuclear warheads.

Iran has the largest missile arsenal in the Middle East. This arsenal is also the most diverse in terms of missile models and the range that each of them can reach.

Some of the missiles can reach Israel and beyond and others can reach southern and eastern Europe.

Nevertheless, Tehran does not possess the intercontinental ballistic missiles used by major countries, such as the US, Russia, China, France and Britain.

These ballistic missiles are capable of carrying out nuclear attacks on targets anywhere in the world.

However, Iran does not possess military nuclear capabilities until today.

US reports indicate that if Iran can develop these capabilities within a period ranging between 5 and 10 years.

These missile capabilities raise regional and international concern. Arab Gulf states express concerns and objections to these weapon programs that threaten the security of the region.

Israel also considers confronting the Iranian nuclear file militarily before Tehran can acquire its first bomb.