TEHRAN, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Iran's missile capability is a red line and a non-negotiable issue, Ali Shamkhani, senior advisor to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, said Wednesday.
According to a report by Iran's Nour News, Shamkhani said any military attack, even limited, will be considered the start of a war, the consequence of which will "reach a scope beyond the military dimension" and "affect the lives of people in different parts of the world."
Making the remarks at the celebrations in the Iranian capital Tehran to mark the 47th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Shamkhani said the logical path for Washington is to seriously pursue the path of dialogue instead of threats.
Last week, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported that Shamkhani had been appointed as Secretary of the country's Defense Council, which was established in August 2025 to review Iran's defense plans and the improvement of the Iranian armed forces' capabilities in a centralized manner.
Meanwhile, another report by Nour News published Wednesday, citing Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei, said that Iran is willing to discuss the level of its uranium enrichment and the amount of its stockpile, only if its rights under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty are truly respected. ■
