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Iran Unleashes Propaganda Video Showing Huge Suicide Drone Cache Underground
Iran’s military is pushing a new propaganda video it says was filmed inside an underground “missile city,” showing what appears to be a sprawling stockpile of naval “suicide drones,” anti-ship missiles and sea mines as Tehran continues threatening shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
Footage aired by Iranian state media outlet Fars shows long tunnel corridors lined with drones on launch rails, missiles on mobile truck launchers and stacks of mines staged for rapid use. The video also includes dramatic clips of some systems being fired.
CNN cited experts who reviewed the footage and identified multiple weapons Iran appears to be highlighting.
Among the systems shown in the underground complex
Abadil-2/3 “kamikaze” drones, shown on rail launchers inside the tunnels, designed for one-way strikes on ship sensors and superstructures.
Shahed-136 drones, widely known as land-attack weapons, with naval variants shown staged in the tunnels that can be mounted on fast-attack craft or launched from concealed racks.
Zolfaqar drones, small explosive-laden autonomous boats designed to swarm larger vessels.
Ghadir anti-ship cruise missiles, long-range cruise missiles listed at a 190-mile range, shown on mobile launchers.
Nasr-1 anti-ship cruise missiles, shorter-range precision weapons used for coastal defense and capable of launches from speedboats or bunkers.
Khalij Fars anti-ship missiles, quasi-ballistic weapons Iran claims can hit moving targets at sea using an electro-optical seeker.
The City of ballistic missiles in #IRAN .
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Maham sea mines, acoustic and magnetic influence mines that can detonate without direct contact by detecting a ship’s signature.
Sadaf-02 sea mines, contact mines often shown being loaded onto small vessels.
Brig. Gen. Ali Fadavi, deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, used the media moment to threaten escalation.
“We have missiles that are fired from underwater, and their speed is 100 meters per second, and we may use them in the coming days,” Fadavi told state television on Wednesday.
Iran published footage of underground tunnels stocked with naval drones, anti-ship missiles, and sea mines. Reuters reported, citing US officials, that Iran has mined the Strait of Hormuz with dozens of sea mines. #Iran pic.twitter.com/Kcwp5UqkXq
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Tehran has repeatedly framed the Strait of Hormuz as leverage, warning it can hit global energy flows and drive oil prices sharply higher. Iranian officials have also issued blood-soaked threats tied to the Persian Gulf.
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“Any aggression against soil of Iranian islands will shatter all restraint. We will abandon all restraint and make the Persian Gulf run with the blood of invaders,” Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said.
The video release comes as Iran continues taking heavy strikes under Operation Epic Fury, while also raising alarms about potential retaliation beyond the Middle East. An FBI memo previously warned of intelligence suggesting drones could be launched at targets from an unidentified vessel off the U.S. coast.
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Iran has used “missile city” reveals before, rolling out similar tunnel footage in prior years to project strength, conceal assets and intimidate adversaries. The message in this latest video is straightforward: even under pressure, the regime wants the world to believe it can still choke a critical waterway, threaten tankers, and punish anyone who challenges its grip.
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