IRGC Says It Will Prepare If Iran’s Leaders Revise Nuclear Doctrine

Brig. Gen. Hossein Mohebbi made the remarks in an interview with the Fars news agency published on Saturday, saying the Revolutionary Guards are “ready for any strategic change.”

“If the country’s leadership decides to revise its nuclear doctrine, the necessary preparations will be made,” he said. The statement is conditional: it does not announce a change in policy, and Mohebbi did not say what a revised doctrine would involve.

Warning Beyond Iran’s Borders

Mohebbi also warned that Iran’s potential targets extend past its adversaries’ territory. “The assets of hostile countries are not confined to their geographical borders. Their material and non-material assets are within our reach,” he said.

The line echoes an order by Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei this week that any threat be met “without geographical limitations,” and an IRGC statement on Tuesday saying it had updated its target bank and placed the enemy’s “material and non-material assets and interests” within range.

He added that the IRGC Aerospace Force builds its weapons with domestic know-how, without importing arms, relying on foreign military advisers or reverse-engineering captured enemy equipment, according to Arabic-language coverage of the interview. Azerbaijani outlet Modern.az, citing Fars, said he also pointed to work on extending the range of Iran’s missiles.

Debate Over Iran’s Nuclear Doctrine

Calls to drop the ban on nuclear weapons, rooted in a 2003 fatwa by the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, have grown louder in Tehran since U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran this year. Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei said on Oct. 31 that no new decision had been made on changing the doctrine.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei called the question “a real issue” on Nov. 2 but said Iran remains a member of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and considers itself bound by its obligations.

The remarks come as Iran reportedly distributes iodine tablets near its nuclear facilities and as President Donald Trump weighs resuming the war with Iran. Washington has also offered up to $20 million for information on Iran’s nuclear program.