{"id":15434,"date":"2026-02-07T00:23:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/?p=15434"},"modified":"2026-02-07T00:23:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:53:59","slug":"tehrans-missile-message-to-washington-khorramshahr-4-becomes-operational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/tehrans-missile-message-to-washington-khorramshahr-4-becomes-operational\/","title":{"rendered":"Tehran\u2019s Missile Message to Washington; Khorramshahr 4 Becomes Operational."},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15440\" src=\"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/akhaminidde.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/akhaminidde.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/akhaminidde-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/akhaminidde-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/akhaminidde-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/akhaminidde-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Tehran\u2019s Missile Message to Washington; Khorramshahr 4 Becomes Operational.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Iran, in a rare and highly symbolic move, has officially announced the operational deployment of the advanced ballistic missile \u201cKhorramshahr 4,\u201d also known as \u201cKheibar.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>The missile has a range of 2,000 kilometers and the capability to carry a warhead weighing up to 1,500 kilograms, and according to military officials, it has been designed to penetrate modern missile defense systems.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>This announcement, made amid an extremely tense regional environment, is being interpreted as a direct military message.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has confirmed that the missile is currently stationed in underground missile cities and has fully entered the operational cycle.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>According to the IRGC, Khorramshahr 4 is part of Iran\u2019s active deterrence doctrine and demonstrates that Tehran has not retreated from its defensive capabilities but has instead elevated them to a higher level, sending a message directly to Iran\u2019s potential adversaries.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>This development comes as tensions between Iran and the United States have reached their most critical and dangerous stage, where any miscalculation could lead to serious regional consequences.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>At the same time, a sensitive meeting between Iranian and American delegations is scheduled to take place in Muscat on Friday, February 6, 2026, a meeting now overshadowed by Iran\u2019s missile power display and one that has cast the future of nuclear negotiations into deeper uncertainty.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tehran\u2019s Missile Message to Washington; Khorramshahr 4 Becomes Operational. Iran, in a rare and highly symbolic move, has officially announced the operational deployment of the advanced ballistic missile \u201cKhorramshahr 4,\u201d also known as \u201cKheibar.\u201d The missile has a range of 2,000 kilometers and the capability to carry a warhead weighing up to 1,500 kilograms, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15440,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15444,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15434\/revisions\/15444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}