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Pedestrians walk past an Iranian-made Zolfaghar missile displayed in front of a billboard featuring a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei at a square in Tehran, Iran, on Sept. 28, 2026. /EPA-Yonhap

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced Saturday that it had lifted its self-imposed limit of 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) on the range of its ballistic missiles. 

According to The Times of Israel (TOI), IRGC spokesperson Hossein Mohebbi was asked about the missile range restriction during a press conference in Tehran on Saturday.

"That restriction has been lifted for us," he replied, adding that Iran would "demonstrate these capabilities in practice."

He did not say whether Iran already possessed missiles capable of exceeding the previous range limit.

A missile with a range of 2,000 kilometers could reach parts of Greece and the Balkans, the entire Arabian Peninsula, the Levant and most of Egypt.

In March, Iran reportedly attempted but failed to strike Diego Garcia, a joint U.S.-British military base in the Indian Ocean approximately 4,000 kilometers (2,500 miles) away.

The U.S. military has not announced a resumption of full-scale attacks on Iran. However, it carried out limited airstrikes against the country Friday, describing them as a "minor operation." 

The following day, the U.S. military announced the establishment of Task Force Iron Gate, which is tasked with coordinating operations to prevent Iran from transporting advanced weapons and other sanctioned materials across its land borders and through the Caspian Sea. 

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees American military operations in the Middle East, also announced Saturday that its forces had fired on and disabled a St. Kitts-flagged commercial vessel in the Gulf of Oman after it allegedly attempted to breach the U.S. naval blockade against Iran. 

                                                                                                             Kim Hyun-min