Iran lowers the missile range limit as a deterrent against renewed attacks.
Iran's 2,000 km limit on the range of ballistic missiles reflected a policy preference for regional deterrence rather than any technical barrier, Al Jazeera reports.
In practice, Iran already had missiles capable of crossing the old border.
Its removal now, following Supreme Leader Mujtaba Khamenei's directive that military responses to threats should not be subject to geographic restrictions, appears to be calibrated as a message that any renewed large-scale US attack on Israel may be met with a response that is not limited by these self-limitations.
Iran's operational long-range ballistic missiles are estimated to have ranges of up to 2,000 km, which puts Israel, the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, and most of Egypt within reach, as well as parts of southeastern Europe (CSIS Missile Database).
Greece, Bulgaria and Romania lie near the outer limits of this range, depending on where the missiles were launched in Iran.
The Gulf states are already within the missile range set by Iran.
A lighter warhead version of Iran's Hormashhar missile could reach a distance of about 3,000 km (joint assessment by Britain/France/ in 2019).
Extending the missile's range to around 4,000 km could bring most of Europe within reach, as well as parts of North and East Africa and South Asia (SIPRI/CSIS).
If Iran succeeds in adapting its space launch vehicles (Sapir, Simorgh Cracker) and similar systems) to a viable intercontinental ballistic missile, that missile, by definition, will have the range to reach the US mainland, according to the Defense Intelligence Agency.
The ICBM boasts a range of over 5,500 km - the distance from Iran to the nearest parts of the continental US is roughly 9,000–10,000+ km.
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