‘Maximum use’: Iran boosts military strength during ceasefire with US

What the report says

Iran’s military and security establishment says it has been using the current ceasefire period to rebuild and expand its capabilities, even as talks with the United States and other mediators continue. In reporting from Tehran, Al Jazeera said Iranian officials described efforts to speed up repairs, add new equipment, and increase domestic production of missiles, drones and other systems while the pause in fighting remains in place.

Army spokesman Mohammad Akraminia said state television had been told that Iran was taking “maximum use” of the ceasefire and a suspended June memorandum of understanding with the US. He said the armed forces were inducting equipment, importing some material, and restoring damaged systems. Separately, acting Defence Minister Majid Ebn-e Reza said missile and drone production had not stopped and that drone output had risen sharply, although he did not give figures.

The article also cited IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi as saying missile production increased during the ceasefire and that accuracy improved through battlefield experience. A former senior IRGC commander, Hossein Kanani Moghaddam, told Al Jazeera that Iran’s stockpiles and production network had been spread across the country, making them harder to destroy.

The claims come amid continued regional tension, including maritime incidents in the Red Sea and Gulf area and renewed US threats of strikes. The broader significance is that Tehran is signaling it expects another round of conflict to be possible, while trying to show it can absorb attacks and sustain military production.