Iran shrugs off hostile threats while sharpening missile efficiency

Iran declared Monday it will continue enhancing its defense capabilities including missile efficiency, according to Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Brigadier, General Amir Ali Hajizadeh.

Enemies seek to undermine Iran's defense and missile capability, however developement of the country's defense power has not stopped for a single day in the last three decades, Hajizadeh was quoted as saying by Tasnim news agency.

Enhancing Iran's defense and missile power is an enemy deterrent protecting Iran from any potential attack, he said.

The IRGC commander downplayed the recent sanctions by the United States towards some Iranian entities, deeming them "futile."

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Hossein Jaber Ansari, said on March 24 that Iran will enhance its missile power despite the new U.S. sanctions targeting to curb its defense capability.

Iran's missile program "is entirely geared towards peaceful purposes and no measure can stop Iran from exercising its legitimate and legal right to boost its defense capabilities and safeguard its national security," Jaber Ansari was quoted as saying by Press TV.

Two Iranian companies and a few Iranian individuals were blacklisted by the U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday following Iran's ballistic missiles tests. Endit