IRGC chief says Iran's missile program won't be stopped by threats, sanctions -State media

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"The enemy should know that the path of martyr Tehrani Moghaddam cannot be stopped by threats or sanctions," Vahidi said in a statement marking the anniversary of the death of…

Ahmad Vahidi, the IRGC commander-in-chief, said in a statement carried by state media Wednesday that the country's missile development efforts would continue despite threats and sanctions.

"The enemy should know that the path of martyr Tehrani Moghaddam cannot be stopped by threats or sanctions," Vahidi said in a statement marking the anniversary of the death of Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam, a key figure in Iran's missile program.

Tehrani Moghaddam was killed in November 2011 in an explosion at a Revolutionary Guards missile base near Tehran that also killed 16 other Guards members.

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