Iranian regime’s 1,800-mile range missiles are a world threat

The Iranian regime has missiles that can reach 1,800 miles, making the regime a 'world threat' whether they are nuclear or not, Ali Safavi, member of Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran told Newsmax TV.

The Iranian regime is the world's biggest sponsor of terrorism and the US must strike at its missiles before it is too late, Mr Safavi told Newsmax TV's 'America's Forum' talk show.

He said: "Clearly, with or without a ballistic missile, the Iranian regime remains from my view the number one in strategic threat, not only in regional countries, but also to the national security of the United States.

"When you talk about the agenda of the president, the focus has to be on the growing threat coming from Tehran."

He added: "You have to look at the situation in perspective. For the past 35 years, and particularly in recent years, as the Iranian regime has become more isolated, the problem with the Syrian regime, Syria, Yemen and elsewhere in the region is that the Iranian regime has continued to sponsor terror and has continued to finance terrorist groups.

"They spent billions of dollars helping Bashar Assad, up to $2 billion a month. They are helping to keep Assad in power and have been training and financing Shiite militants in Iraq and in Yemen, where Iranian trained, financed and armed rebels have taken over that country.

"The threat of Iran as a terrorist sponsoring regime is very real and the danger is thinking that if we are nice to them, they'll be nice to us. The Iranian regime and its leaders are bad actors in the region, and this calls for decisive and firm policy on the part of the US administration."