Overview
- Gen. Hossein Mohebbi, a spokesman for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, told reporters the 2,000-kilometre self-limit has been lifted and said Iran would show capabilities in practice rather than list them.
- The IRGC did not say it already has missiles that exceed the cutoff and open-source assessments do not confirm such weapons exist.
- U.S. officials have warned that technology from Iran’s space program could be adapted to build intercontinental missiles, a pathway that Western analysts cite as a technical concern.
- Iran’s military reported that a tanker east of the Strait of Hormuz struck a naval mine and caught fire after turning off its navigation beacon and entering what Iran called a prohibited area.
- Heavy winter rains flooded tents and belongings for more than 1.6 million displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip while the U.N. says shelter aid covers only about 18% of the 294,250 families in need because of funding shortfalls, slow procurement and delayed approvals; the move on missile policy raises regional tensions that could affect security and aid operations.