TEHRAN — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Saturday, Nov. 7, that a self-imposed 2,000-kilometer (1,200-mile) limit on the range of its ballistic missiles “has been lifted,” the Associated Press reported via CBS News.
IRGC spokesman Gen. Hossein Mohebbi made the comment at a Tehran press conference. He said Iran would “demonstrate these capabilities in practice” rather than make statements, and did not say whether Iran has missiles that can fly farther, The Times of Israel reported.
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What the limit covered
The 2,000-kilometer range puts parts of Greece and the Balkans, the entire Arabian Peninsula, the Levant and most of Egypt within reach, the AP reported. Iran is not known to have missiles that can go beyond that limit, according to the AP, but U.S. officials have said technology from Iran’s space program could be repurposed to build intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Despite the stated cap, Iran reportedly tried and failed in March to hit the joint U.S.-U.K. base at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, about 4,000 kilometers away, The Times of Israel reported.
Why now
The statement came days after a message attributed to Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, said any threat from the U.S. or Israel would face a response without geographic limits, the AP and The Times of Israel reported.
It also came as U.S.-Iran talks through mediators continue and as President Trump confirmed “minor strikes” on an Iranian air defense site, CBS News reported. NBC News reported, citing two unnamed U.S. officials, that some advisers told Trump to restart major combat before the new Congress is sworn in in January; that report has not been confirmed, and a Pentagon spokesperson declined to comment, according to The Times of Israel.
What it means
The IRGC gave no new range figure and showed no new missile, so the change is so far a statement of intent. Any long-range test launch would be the first concrete sign that Iran is acting on it. More coverage is in World News.
Sources
- CBS News (with AP): Live updates on the Iran war, Nov. 7, 2026
- The Times of Israel: IRGC claims a self-imposed limit on ballistic missile range ‘has been lifted’
Correction, Nov. 7, 2026: An earlier version of this story misspelled the name of Iran’s supreme leader. He is Mojtaba Khamenei. >
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