IRGC Commander Rasulullah says the production of missiles and UAV/drones did not stop even during the war and that they have surprises that must be displayed in the field, adds they have obtained several new technologies

IRGC Commander Rasulullah says the production of missiles and UAV/drones did not stop even during the war and that they have surprises that must be displayed in the field, adds they have obtained several new technologies.

Statements of this kind from senior IRGC commanders are a standing feature of Iran's deterrence signalling rather than discrete events, and the pattern in past episodes is that rhetoric about new capabilities and unrevealed surprises is calibrated to audience and timing: domestic consumption, negotiating posture, or response to perceived pressure. The claim that production continued through a conflict is consistent with Iran's long-running effort to frame its missile and drone programme as sanctions-proof and wartime-resilient, a line that has recurred whenever ceasefires or talks are in view. Crude's reaction to such remarks has historically been limited unless accompanied by an operational event: the transmission channel that matters is physical disruption to Gulf shipping, where freight and insurance reprice on actual interdiction risk rather than verbal escalation. The tells worth noting are whether the rhetoric is echoed by political leadership or confined to military figures, whether any test or exercise follows, and where the remarks sit relative to the diplomatic calendar. Rhetoric-only instances of this kind have tended to fade without market footprint; the risk premium builds on corroborating action.