TEHRAN – A senior Iranian official says roughly all of the country’s subterranean missile sites are safe and sound.

“Almost all of our underground and submountain missile infrastructure remains intact and has no special problems,” said Brigadier General Gholamreza Jalali, the head of the country’s Passive Defense Organization, during an interview published Saturday. 

He said the country’s underground missile sites and depots remained unharmed during the Israeli military aggression against Iran.

On June 13, Israel launched a blatant and unprovoked act of aggression against Iran, triggering a 12-day war that killed at least 1,064 people in the country, including military commanders, nuclear scientists, and ordinary civilians. The United States also entered the war by bombing three Iranian nuclear sites in a grave violation of international law.

In response, the Iranian Armed Forces targeted strategic sites across the occupied territories as well as the al-Udeid air base in Qatar, the largest American military base in West Asia.

Another Iranian military commander had said earlier that Iran’s missile capability had not been harmed at all.

“Our missiles have not suffered even a scratch,” said Brigadier General Mohammadreza Naqdi a few weeks ago.

The top commander’s remarks followed Tel Aviv’s claims that part of Iran’s missile capabilities had been destroyed during the Israeli aggression. The top general added that Iran responded to the Israeli military aggression accordingly.

Another Iranian commander also said that the country had prepared itself for a two-month war following the Israeli attack.

“Our war strategy was to deal more effective and more crushing blows gradually through proper Management,” said Major General Mohsen Rezaei.

The United States blew through about a quarter of its supply of high-end THAAD missile interceptors during Israel’s 12-day war with Iran in June, according to American media quoting two sources familiar with the operation.

U.S. forces countered Tehran’s barrage of ballistic missiles by firing more than 100 THAADs (short for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) – and possibly as many as 150 – a significant portion of America’s stockpile of the advanced air defense system, the sources said. The U.S. has seven THAAD systems, and used two of them in Israel in the conflict.

During his Saturday interview, Jalali said Iran is preparing to deal heavier blows to the U.S. and Israel in case of repeated aggression in the future.