IRGC Launch Commander Says Iran’s Missile Tunnels Remain Intact
An IRGC Aerospace Force missile-launch commander said U.S. and Israeli strikes hit only a tunnel entrance and left Iran’s missiles and underground sites intact, a claim that cannot be independently verified.
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In a television interview circulated on Thursday, an unnamed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force missile-launch commander said attacking forces had failed to damage Iran’s underground missile sites or the weapons stored inside them.
“They made a lot of efforts, but at most they could only drop a bomb right in front of a tunnel’s entrance,” he said, according to a clip published by Clash Report.
Commander’s Unverified Account
“No damage was inflicted on either the tunnels or our missiles,” the officer said. “All intact, praise be to God, thank God.”
Clash Report and other accounts that circulated the footage identified him only as a missile-launch commander in the IRGC Aerospace Force. His name and rank were not given, and the original programme was not named in the material reviewed for this report.
The damage claim cannot be independently verified.
Other Remarks From Interview
In a second excerpt from the same appearance, the commander said Iran had fired missiles from the “80s and 90s” while “the Americans’ failed missiles are from 2026.”
That comparison, like the account of undamaged tunnels, has not been independently confirmed.
Strikes Aimed at Entrances
The comments follow months of U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran’s underground “missile cities” in the 2026 war. Those campaigns often sought to bury tunnel portals and crater access roads rather than penetrate halls cut deep into rock.
CNN reported in May that satellite imagery showed Iran had unblocked 50 of 69 tunnel entrances struck at 18 underground missile facilities, using bulldozers and dump trucks. Analysts cited in that report said a force stored far below ground was unlikely to have taken heavy damage from strikes at the portals, and that Tehran still had around 1,000 missiles in such sites.
President Donald Trump had listed “completely degrading Iranian Missile Capability, Launchers, and everything else pertaining to them” among the war’s objectives. After an April 8 ceasefire, then-U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Iran would be “digging out your remaining launchers and missiles, with no ability to replace them.”
Clash Report has previously reported that Iran’s missile force remained largely intact under bombardment and that the arsenal has proved resilient despite months of strikes.
New Site Shown This Week
On Nov. 10, the IRGC Aerospace Force unveiled a new underground missile city in an official tour led by Maj. Gen. Ali Abdollahi, the armed forces chief of staff, and Brig. Gen. Seyyed Majid Mousavi, the Aerospace Force commander. State media showed ballistic and cruise missiles and launchers at an undisclosed location.
Those displays, like the commander’s latest claims, have not been independently verified.
Kamer Kurunç
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