Since Iran lacks modern naval and aerial capabilities, the regime has long depended on its missile program to project power.

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"It's not acceptable for them to say, 'we're ordering you not to do this, and not to do that, or we'll do this,'" Mr. Pezeshkian said during a meeting with Iranian producers and entrepreneurs.