On Friday, Commander of the Aerospace Division of the IRGC Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh said that Iran has never suspended its ballistic missile programs, adding that a massive missile maneuver will be held in the near future to show Iran’s military power to enemies.

The senior military official further rejected claims that the IRGC has called off its ballistic missile program and drills or bargained over such issues, saying the defense development remains on the agenda of the forces, and that the IRGC’s missile maneuvers have continued and will continue as planned.

The Islamic Republic will press ahead with its missile program and has clinched important victories in this field over the past two years, he stressed.

During nuclear negotiations between Tehran and the P5+1 group of countries - the US, Britain, Russia, China, France and Germany - the six states exerted pressure on Iran over its military capabilities.

Iran, however, said it would only discuss its nuclear program and that its missiles are solely used as a deterrent against any potential foreign aggression.

The two sides reached a landmark agreement on Iran’s nuclear program, dubbed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in Vienna, Austria, in mid-July.

Under the JCPOA, among other things, Tehran and the P5+ 1 agreed that an embargo on Iran’s import and export of conventional arms and ballistic missiles will eventually be lifted.