Chilling footage broadcast by Iranian media on Friday showed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander General Hossein Salami inspecting an underground missile facility.
In one clip, General Salami can be seen addressing troops in a speech.
'Every day, the number of systems and missiles is added in the far corners of this land', he says.
'Maybe the enemy thought that our production power has stagnated, but the growth rate of our missile power is up to date'.
In other videos, he can be seen examining what appear to be missiles.
It was not immediately clear when and where the footage was filmed.
General Salami has risen through the ranks of the IRGC since its inception following the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran.
He is known for his menacing speeches and his devotion to Iranian leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei.
The release of the footage comes as Israeli military said scores of Israeli jets completed waves of strikes against missile factories and other sites near Tehran and in western Iran last October.
Iran played down the air attack against its military targets, saying it caused only limited damage.
Also, Israel's military said it had carried out new airstrikes in Yemen against what it said were Houthi rebel targets.
Its statement Friday said fighter jets struck 'on the western coast and inland Yemen,' a day after the Houthis launched three drones at Israel.
The US military bombed Yemen earlier this week.
Houthi-controlled media reported one worker dead and six people wounded at the Ras Isa port.
The Houthis said the strikes occurred while Yemenis were rallying in the capital Sanaa in support of the Palestinians in Gaza.
Tensions in the region have grown rapidly since the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Iran-backed Hamas, raising fears of a wider conflict that could drag in global powers and imperil world energy supplies.
In recent weeks, Israel and Hamas have appeared to inch closer to an agreement for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages.
Gaza's Health Ministry said Thursday that 46,006 Palestinians have been killed and 109,378 wounded in the Israel-Hamas war with no end in sight.
The ministry says women and children were more than half the fatalities but does not say how many of the dead were fighters or civilians.
The Israeli military says it has killed over 17,000 militants, without providing evidence.
It blames Hamas for civilian deaths because it says militants operate in residential areas.
Israel's air and ground operations have driven hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into sprawling tent camps along the coast with limited access to food and other essentials.
The war began when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and abducting around 250.
A third of the 100 hostages still held in Gaza are believed to be dead
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