Iranian international relations expert Dr. Sam Torabi said in an August 20, 2025 episode of FekratMedia that Iran needs an array of weapons to become a “superpower” and should have a long–range submarine to hit the US.
Iranian international relations expert Dr. Sam Torabi said in an August 20, 2025 episode of FekratMedia on YouTube that Iran needs global military deterrence, including anti-satellite missiles, highly advanced cyber systems, submarines, aircraft carriers, and missile launchers capable of striking targets thousands of kilometers away.
“Iran can become a superpower,” he said, adding that Iran, China, and Russia should be the countries shaping the new “post-West” world order. Torabi said that Iran’s ICBM and long-range submarine capabilities should reach a point where, if the Americans threatened Iranian cultural and historic sites or its Supreme Leader, New York would cease to exist the following day.
He added that Iran could choose to strike New York, Houston, Chicago, or Washington, and argued that a policy of nuclear ambiguity is no longer useful.