The report says that the country is building up its defense power. In addition, the general said that the IRGC is developing a new ballistic missile of the ground-to-ground class,.

Hajizade also assessed America's response to this news: "Naturally, our enemies - America and the Zionist regime - are displeased with the new defense program, as they want Iran to be weak," the general said..

Earlier, URA-Inform reported that the land forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps began the first stage of large-scale military exercises in Deshte Kevir in central Iran.