Iranian Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh downplayed the United States’ delivery of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-ballistic missile defense system to Israel as part of the “enemy’s psychological warfare.” He made the remarks on Wednesday in a speech to reporters on the sidelines of a weekly cabinet meeting in Tehran, Xinhua reports, citing the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
“THAAD is an anti-ballistic missile system. It is not something new and has existed before. We consider such actions to be in line with the enemy’s psychological warfare. There is no particular problem in that regard,” he said. The United States announced Sunday that it would send its THAAD system to Israel with soldiers to operate it.
The decision comes as Israel, in recent days, has threatened to take military action against Iran in response to Tehran’s missile attacks on Israel earlier this month. On October 1, Iran fired approximately 180 missiles at Israeli targets.
Tehran described the attacks as retaliation for the assassinations of several leaders of regional resistance groups and Israel’s military actions against Lebanese and Palestinian armed groups. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Iran had made a “serious mistake” and promised retaliation.
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