Iran Says War-Damaged Military Sites Rebuilt in Safer Locations With New Technology
TEHRAN, IRAN — WEB DESK: Iran says military facilities damaged during the war have been rebuilt in safer locations with upgraded technology and are now operating at higher production rates, as Tehran seeks to reinforce its deterrence capabilities amid renewed tensions with the United States.
Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi, a senior adviser to the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, made the claims about the reconstruction programme, according to Iranian media reporting cited by international outlets.
Naqdi said facilities damaged during the conflict had not simply been restored to their previous condition. Instead, he said, Iran had rebuilt them at what he described as safer locations, incorporating newer technology and improving production capacity.
The claims provide a new indication of how Tehran says it has responded to damage inflicted on its military infrastructure during months of conflict.
However, the precise locations of the reconstructed facilities, their production capabilities and the extent to which they have become operational have not been independently verified in the reporting reviewed.
Iran Says Production Capacity Has Increased
Naqdi said the reconstructed military sites were operating with newer equipment and at higher production rates than before they were damaged.
His comments suggest Iran is presenting reconstruction not merely as recovery from wartime losses but as an opportunity to modernise parts of its defence infrastructure.
The Iranian official did not, in the reporting reviewed, provide independently verifiable production figures, identify individual facilities or specify what weapons or military systems were being manufactured at the rebuilt locations.
For that reason, claims that Iran has increased military production should remain clearly attributed to Naqdi rather than presented as independently established fact.
Facilities Reportedly Moved to Safer Locations
A significant element of Naqdi’s statement was his assertion that damaged facilities had been reconstructed in more secure locations.
Moving sensitive military infrastructure to hardened or less exposed sites could make it more difficult for adversaries to identify or strike those facilities in any future conflict.
But Iran has not publicly disclosed enough detail in the reports reviewed to independently assess how much additional protection the new locations provide.
The development comes after extensive damage was reported at Iranian military and strategic facilities during the wider conflict.
Iran has since sought to demonstrate that attacks on its infrastructure have not eliminated its ability to rebuild military capabilities.
Deterrence Is Iran’s Priority, Naqdi Says
Naqdi also outlined Tehran’s broader strategic position, saying Iran’s immediate priority was neither war nor negotiations, but deterrence.
He argued that strengthening Iran’s ability to deter further attacks was essential and said another major conflict would not be in Washington’s interests.
The remarks are particularly significant because they come as military tensions between Iran and the United States have again intensified.
Iranian military authorities have separately warned that another US attack would trigger a substantially heavier response.
At the same time, US officials are reportedly considering further limited military action aimed at Iranian missile and radar capabilities around the Strait of Hormuz. According to current reporting, US Central Command developed such a proposal and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth supported it, but the plan had not received presidential approval before the latest exchange of fire.
The existence of military planning therefore should not be interpreted as confirmation that President Donald Trump has authorised another strike.
Iran-US Tensions Flare Again
Naqdi’s comments come during a renewed period of instability in the Middle East following another exchange between Iranian and US forces.
The escalation has also intensified concerns about the Strait of Hormuz, where commercial shipping remains heavily disrupted.
Preliminary ship-tracking data cited by Reuters showed that only around five commodity vessels transited the strait on Monday — four entering and one exiting — compared with a 10-day average of around 14.
A tanker was also reported struck by three unidentified projectiles while exiting the strait near Oman. No responsibility for that incident had been established in the initial maritime-security report.
The latest developments underline how Iran’s military reconstruction efforts are unfolding alongside an active regional security crisis rather than during a settled post-war period.
IRGC-Government Relations Described as Strong
Naqdi also rejected suggestions of serious divisions between the IRGC and Iran’s civilian government.
He said relations between the Revolutionary Guards and the government were strong, according to ISNA reporting cited by international media.
The comment comes as Tehran faces the simultaneous challenges of military confrontation, economic sanctions and efforts to keep diplomatic channels open.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has separately indicated that Tehran would reciprocate if Washington returned to its commitments under the interim diplomatic understanding, while Pakistan has promoted implementation of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding as a route toward regional de-escalation.
Those diplomatic signals have not yet produced a durable resolution to the conflict.
Reconstruction Claims Need Independent Verification
Iran’s announcement carries strategic significance, but several elements remain impossible to verify independently from the information publicly available.
Tehran says damaged military installations have been rebuilt in safer locations, equipped with more advanced technology and brought back into operation with higher production capacity.
What has not been publicly established is the exact number of reconstructed facilities, their locations, the scale of their output, which military systems they produce or whether all damaged infrastructure has been restored.
The most accurate framing is therefore that Iran claims its war-damaged military infrastructure has been rebuilt and upgraded, rather than stating that the full recovery of its military-industrial capacity has been independently confirmed.
That distinction is especially important as both Tehran and Washington use statements about military capabilities and readiness to strengthen deterrence during the latest escalation.
