Special Report: Iran Says Its 2,000-Kilometer Missile Cap Is Gone. What That Claim Means — and What It Doesn't

The Revolutionary Guards declared their self-imposed range limit "lifted" on Saturday, citing the new supreme leader's order to answer threats with "no geographical limits." Here is the record on Iran's missiles, the March shot toward Diego Garcia, the Russian connection and what to watch.

By Clara Hughes

On Saturday, at a news conference marking the Revolutionary Guards' Aerospace Week, IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi announced that Iran's long-declared ceiling on missile range no longer applies. "That restriction has been lifted for us," he said, Iran International reported. For years, Tehran insisted it voluntarily kept its ballistic missiles to about 2,000 kilometers — roughly 1,200 miles — enough to reach Israel and U.S. bases across much of the Middle East. Mohebbi tied the change to a directive from Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei to respond to threats with "no geographical limits." This Altas World Special Report lays out what was said, what is known, and what is not, as of Monday, Nov. 9. Keep reading with Altas Premium. Below: the claim versus the