Senior officials say Iran has expanded weapons production, strengthened its reserves and stands ready to respond to any renewed attack.

TEHRAN — Iran declared on Tuesday that its weapons production capacity has surged to two and a half times pre-war levels, with senior officials warning that any renewed U.S. or Israeli aggression would meet a response “more severe and devastating than anything they have seen before.”

The statements, delivered in a coordinated series of briefings by the Defense Ministry, Army, and Parliament, marked Tehran’s most explicit public accounting of its military buildup since the 40-day war that ended in April.

They came as Washington and Tehran remain locked in a fragile standoff over the Strait of Hormuz, with U.S. naval forces maintaining a terrorist blockade on Iranian ports since July.

Defense Ministry spokesman Brigadier General Reza Talaei-Nik told reporters in Tehran that Iran’s weapons production capacity has reached “2.5 times its level before the war,” with certain categories of weaponry—produced with private-sector involvement—more than tripling.

He credited the seven-month interim leadership of Brigadier General Majid Ebn-e-Reza, whose tenure he said earned “satisfaction from senior commanders” and “played a strategic role in supporting the armed forces and meeting war needs.”

Talaei-Nik also addressed Iran’s diplomatic alignments, saying cooperation and convergence between Iran, Russia, and China “has a precedent” and that defense-related exchanges with both countries “are on the agenda”.

Army spokesman Brigadier General Muhammad Akraminia said new defensive and offensive systems, including missiles and drones, were produced daily during the 40-day Ramadan war and that production continues “with intensity and severity”.

“A large reserve of this equipment is now at the disposal of the Army forces,” Akraminia said, adding that the Army has “gained good experience and identified where and how the enemy’s weaknesses are”.

He said some new equipment has already been deployed and will be publicly unveiled “at the appropriate time and if necessary”.

Talaei-Nik also welcomed President Masoud Pezeshkian’s naming of Mehrdad Akhlaghi as defense minister, citing his 43 years of technical, industrial, and scientific management experience.

He said Akhlaghi is “among key figures in enhancing the country’s missile power” and has been commended more than forty times by civilian and military officials, including “by the martyred Leader” Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei for advancing the missile program. Ebn-e-Reza will remain as deputy defense minister.

Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee chairman, Ebrahim Azizi, issued the day’s sharpest warning in a post on X.

“Our armed forces are more prepared than ever, fingers on the trigger, waiting for any miscalculation by the US or the Zionist regime,” Azizi wrote.

He warned that in case of any miscalculation, “the response they face will be even more severe and devastating than anything they have seen before”.

Azizi’s comments echoed those of Army Commander-in-Chief Major General Amir Hatami, who said Monday that the armed forces “maintain their readiness and vigilance” and will respond to any enemy mistake “with a crushing response”.

Hatami, speaking during an inspection of units in Fars province, said “the war is not over” and the enemy is shifting to sanctions, economic pressure, and efforts to create insecurity after failing on the battlefield.

Parliament Deputy Speaker Ali Nikzad called U.S. President Donald Trump “delusional” and said Washington’s threats are aimed at “domestic political consumption and influencing US elections.”

“Whether the Strait of Hormuz remains open or closed is determined by fuel-price displays in the United States, not empty tweets,” Nikzad said.

He added that “the Iranian nation decided years ago to live independently and has stood by that decision. It is in your own interest to accept this reality and bow before the will of the Iranian nation”.