Gholamreza Tajgardoun, head of parliament’s Planning and Budget Committee, said Iran would obtain compensation for the war from its enemies and suggested the Strait of Hormuz would be one way of doing so.
He said this did not mean simply asking for payment, adding: “We will receive compensation through the Strait of Hormuz.”
Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesperson for parliament’s National Security Committee, said the United States and its allies were now seeking “a dignified exit” from the region after having spoken at the start of the war about destroying Iran, but said the Islamic Republic would not allow that.
He added that the priority now was unity, resistance and a sustained public presence, and said people should ignore what he described as “deviating remarks” by Western-leaning figures calling for negotiations with the enemy.
A Fox News Digital report cited missile expert Bruce Bechtol as saying that some Iranian missiles used against US and Israeli targets are either North Korean systems or based on North Korean designs.
He said the missile fired at Diego Garcia was a Musudan, adding that Iran purchased 19 of these missiles in 2005.
He also described Iran’s Shahab-3 as “almost an exact copy” of North Korea’s No Dong.
Bechtol also told Fox that North Korea had helped Iran develop missile capabilities including the Qiam, Emad and Ghadr systems.
His comments came after The Wall Street Journal reported last month that Iran fired two ballistic missiles at the joint US-UK base on Diego Garcia, with neither hitting the target.
