TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday highlighted the importance of defense capability, saying his government has boosted production of home-made weapons to a large degree.

“Major tasks have been carried out to equip the military forces with strategic weapons,” Rouhani said on Tuesday.

“As the defense minister has announced, the strategic weapons manufactured during the eleventh government (Rouhani’s sitting administration) are equal to 80% of all arms produced (in the country) before,” he added.

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