Iran has ability to prolong war on US and Israel, says military expert

Iran has ability to prolong war on US and Israel, says military expert Submitted by MEE correspondent on Fri, 03/06/2026 - 15:14 The Islamic Republic has large arsenal but enemy strikes are hitting missile launchers and access to underground sites, notes Arman Mahmoudian An Iranian missile with cluster munitions flies towards Israel, 5 March 2026 (Dylan Martinez/Reuters) Off Iran could sustain its response to the US and Israel for weeks if it reduces the scale of its missile barrages, according to Arman Mahmoudian, a research fellow at the University of South Florida’s Global and National Security Institute. Speaking to Middle East Eye, Mahmoudian said Iran’s missile stockpile remains large enough to support a prolonged conflict in the war launched by the US and Israel on 28 February. The key, he argued, would be reducing the number of missiles fired in each attack.