SATISH SHARMA - not just Rotigraphy.: Ayatollah Khamenei was the one who prevented Iran from producing missiles with a range exceeding 2,000 kilometres.

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Professor Mohammad Marandi — one of the most clear-eyed analysts of Iranian strategic doctrine in the English-speaking world said it plainly: Ayatollah Khamenei was the one who prevented Iran from producing missiles with a range exceeding 2,000 kilometres. A self-imposed ceiling. A deliberate restraint, held in place by one man’s authority for decades. That man is now martyred with Iran being unified by his death. And with him goes the 2k ceiling. Trump kicked the door off the one room in the Islamic Republic where the missile program was being held back… and now no one is left to hold it. The post-Khamenei IRGC answers to no moderating hand, no singular theological authority whispering caution into the doctrine... just the logic of survival, rage, and a missile program that has, until last week, been running at perhaps a third of its potential range. Washington wanted to cut off the head. It forgot or didn’t care that some heads are the only thing keeping the hands from reaching further.

5:28 AM · Mar 8, 2026