The head of Iran's Strategic Council on Foreign Relations says the Islamic Republic will likely increase the range of its missiles, warning that the country can change its entire military doctrine, if it faces an existential threat.

According to The Iran Project, “If the Islamic Republic of Iran faces an existential threat, we will inevitably change the policy of our military doctrine,” Kamal Kharrazi said in an interview with Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen television.

He stressed that Iran is capable of producing nuclear weapons, but what prevents it is the fatwa (religious decree) issued by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei against weapons of mass destruction.

“We now have the necessary capability to produce [nuclear] weapons, and the only obstacle is the Leader’s fatwa that prohibits the production of nuclear weapons.”

Regarding the range of Iran’s missiles, Kharrazi said, “We have so far considered the Westerners’ sensitivity, particularly the Europeans’. But when they don’t consider our sensitivities, especially regarding the issue of the territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic of Iran, there is no reason for us to continue to consider their sensitivities.”

“Therefore, there is a possibility that the range of Iran’s missiles will increase.”

Commenting on Israel’s recent deadly strikes on military sites in Iran, Kharrazi said the country “will definitely respond at the right time and in the right way.”

He reiterated that Iran is not interested in the expansion of the war into the entire region, but stressed that, “We are ready for a war.”