Iran threatens to fire ‘2,000 missiles a day’ in future Israel war which regime sees as 'matter of time' – report

After the devastating war with Israel and the U.S. left the Iranian regime without an active nuclear program and dramatically diminished missile capabilities, officials are now once again threatening Israel.

A recent report by the New York Times warned that the lack of clarity over the nuclear stockpiles and the absence of any new negotiations have led regional officials and analysts to warn that a new war between Israel and Iran is only a “matter of time.”

The report notes that the U.S.-Israeli attacks damaged the nuclear facilities but left a stockpile of highly enriched uranium that is either buried under rubble or was transported to a secret location.

In addition, the regime continues to work on a new enrichment site dubbed “Pickaxe mountain,” and has refused any oversight of its activities by international inspectors.

“Many in the Gulf believe that makes another Israeli attack on Iran almost inevitable, given Israeli officials’ long-held view that Iran’s nuclear program is an existential threat,” according to the NYT.

“Israel wants to ensure that Iran’s nuclear program is contained, and they won’t get it through negotiations, so I suspect the Israelis intend to strike again,” H.A. Hellyer, a senior associate at the Center for American Progress in Washington, told the NYT. “The Iranians are rebuilding, but once they are past a certain line, Israel will attack again.”

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Ali Vaez, the Iran project director at the International Crisis Group, cited talks with Iranian officials who threatened that Iran would respond to an Israeli attack much stronger than last year, claiming the regime’s actions were “restrained.”

Missile factories are working around the clock, the officials told Vaez, and “they hope to fire 2,000 at once to overwhelm Israeli defenses, not 500 over 12 days,” he said.

“Israel feels the job is unfinished and sees no reason not to resume the conflict, so Iran is doubling down preparedness for the next round,” Vaez added.

However, Jason Brodsky policy director of United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), estimates that these statements are just more of the regime’s usual bluster.

“Yes, Iran regime officials aim to create fear of its less than stellar capabilities in the form of information operations to deter future military action. It did so pre-12 Day War. It's doing so now as well,” he wrote on 𝕏.

“Also NYT quotes a variation of the same people in every article on Iran, some of whom the regime apparently uses to get the message out,” he added.

According to Yoni Ben-Menachem, a researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, Iran has “today about 900 active ballistic missiles and the goal is to produce thousands of missiles in the coming months.”

If that happens, Ben-Menachem says, “Israel will not be able to cope with thousands of ballistic missiles falling on it.” According to him, the solution is a comprehensive, multi-layered campaign against Hezbollah's production capabilities and close coordination with the U.S. for a "true preemptive strike" on the Iranian missile production.

In recent days, regime officials have stressed several times that they are not ready for any new negotiations with the U.S. over a possible nuclear deal.

Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Tuesday that “America’s arrogant nature accepts nothing but surrender.”

Khamenei’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, had said on Sunday, “There is at present no possibility of restarting talks with the United States.”

Araghchi added that Tehran was open in principle to discussions that would be “based on equality and serve the interests of both sides,” but added that “the attitude we see from the Americans does not indicate such readiness.”

Vaez said that some officials in the regime are counseling compromise with the U.S., particularly given the regime’s internal struggles, while others think negotiations with President Trump are hopeless.

However, Vaez said both camps estimate that another round of war with Israel is inevitable: “So the country is doubling down on preparedness for the next round, and they want it to produce a new equilibrium that will wipe out the sense of Iranian weakness.”

Commenting on the NYT report on 𝕏, Mehdi Parpanchi, U.S. Executive Editor of the opposition-aligned Iran International TV, wrote, “Let’s recall the bold statements made before the 12-day war in June.”

“High-ranking commanders like Salami, Hajizadeh, Bagheri, and Rashid openly and repeatedly promised the destruction of Tel Aviv and Haifa should Israel dare to attack. But when the war actually began, what happened? Those very commanders were killed in their beds, never even realizing the war had begun, let alone acting on their threats. It’s one thing to issue bold threats. Delivering on them is another matter entirely.”