TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iranian Armed Forces General Staff said outstanding progresses in the defense industry have made the country the region’s dominant power, even comparable with ultra-regional military powers.

“The profound achievements and capabilities of the country in the defense industry… which have been gained consistent with modern global standards, have made Iran the region’s dominant and uncontested power, at the level of competition with the ultra-regional powers,” the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff said in a statement on the occasion of the day of Iran’s Defense Industry.

The statement also described Iran’s major headway in the defense industry as a good model for other sectors, like economy and industry.

The Iranian military experts and technicians have in recent years made great headways in manufacturing a broad range of indigenous equipment, making the armed forces self-sufficient in the arms sphere.

Tehran has repeatedly stated that its military might is defensive in nature and poses no threat to other countries.

By Tasnim News Agency