Doing a huge favor to US President Donald Trump, who never misses an opportunity to verbally attack Iran, Tehran's new defense minister, General Amir Hatami, announced that the Islamic Republic's priority is to accelerate the missile program. and export these weapons to neighboring allied countries, Syria in the first place. “In the defense sector, especially with regard to missiles, have a plan to give new impetus to Iranian missile power. God willing the combat capabilities of Iranian ballistic and cruise missiles will grow, ”said Hatami, appointed by the 'pragmatic Islamic' president last month, adding that Tehran will aim to export these weapons" to prevent a war ". Referring indirectly to what happened in Libya and Iraq, lacking nuclear and effective missile defenses, Hatami concluded: "Wherever a country becomes weak, others are encouraged to hit it, wherever it will be necessary to export weapons to increase the security of the region and prevent wars ". Hatami is the prime minister of defense chosen from among the ranks of the Iranian regular armed forces and not by the Pasdaran (the guardians of the revolution) in more than twenty years.
