Iran Unveils New Underground ‘Missile City’ as Hegseth Warns U.S. Is ‘Locked and Loaded’ Amid Diplomatic Efforts To End War

TEL AVIV — Iran’s military unveiled a new underground “missile city” showing off a range of ballistic and cruise missiles as efforts to end the war between Washington and Tehran continued. Iran’s Tasnim News Agency showed pictures from a ceremony at the new missile city where Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Ali Abdollahi, and Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, Brigadier General Majid Mousavi, attended. In a video from the missile city, Mr. Mousavi and Mr. Abdollahi are seen driving in an army jeep as they inspect launchers and missiles and greet dozens of soldiers. IRGC spokesman Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi referred to several such cities which could continue to be built in case of new heavy bombardments. Jason Brodsky, policy director at United Against Nuclear Iran, wrote on X that the new underground missile city “as always” looks like a “Bond villain lair.” New #Iran regime missile city unveiled today–as always it looks like a Bond villain lair. Already the chief of staff of Iran's Armed Forces Ali Abdollahi is operating under the assumption that the next war is inevitable, saying, "Surprises in the next war will be revealed one… pic.twitter.com/HZh1gSero4— Jason Brodsky (@JasonMBrodsky) November 10, 2026“Already the chief of staff of Iran’s Armed Forces Ali Abdollahi is operating under the assumption that the next war is inevitable, saying, ‘Surprises in the next war will be revealed one after another.’ This is why characterizing the diplomacy underway as ‘peace talks’ is ridiculous. It’s a pause at best,” he wrote. Bloomberg meanwhile reported that Iran still has the capacity to build some 50 ballistic missiles per month and that the regime has a stockpile of around 1,700 missiles left after the two wars with Iran and the U.S. in the past year. President Trump again downplayed the prospects of renewed war with Iran on Monday, telling reporters at the White House that “Iran, militarily, is effectively over. We’re just keeping it the status quo. But if we do have to go back in, we are locked and loaded, and ready to go.”While both Mr. Trump and Vice President JD Vance admitted that the war with Iran was unpopular among voters during the midterms, both Mr. Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth defended the war. Mr. Hegseth told reporters on Tuesday that more than 13,000 targets were struck in the last war with Iran: “Their navy sunk. Their air force grounded. Their defense industrial base is gone. More than 80% of their nuclear industrial base is gone. Their military is in ruin. The ironclad blockade unbroken.”“We control the Strait of Hormuz. Crazy Islamists in Tehran will never, ever have a nuclear weapon. A historic effort only made possible by a courageous commander in chief. He did not kick the can. He kicked their teeth in. We will not apologize for destroying the capabilities of a regime that chants, ‘Death to America.’ And if that regime makes one wrong move, as the president said, we remain locked and loaded with the full weight and lethality of Central Command,” he added. Mr. Hegseth said that the U.S. knows “that they’re going to attempt to reconstitute. We know that we are in a much stronger position.”He added that Washington is able to “maintain oversight and visibility” of Iran’s nuclear sites and if “we saw the kind of nefarious activity that required action, we would take it.”

Iran Unveils New Underground ‘Missile City’ as Hegseth Warns U.S. Is ‘Locked and Loaded’ Amid Diplomatic Efforts To End War

Iran Unveils New Underground ‘Missile City’ as Hegseth Warns U.S. Is ‘Locked and Loaded’ Amid Diplomatic Efforts To End War

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