Iran's missile and drone launches deemed to have waned; envoy says the battlefield will decide

Jakarta — Iran’s Ambassador to Indonesia Mohammad Boroujerdi rejected claims that Iran’s weapons power had weakened on day seven of the war against the United States (US) and Israel. Boroujerdi emphasised that Tehran possesses a large quantity of missiles and ammunition, with its conventional weapons production network also actively operating.

“We not only have a large number of missiles and ammunition, but at the same time the conventional weapons production network in our country is also active,” Boroujerdi said at a press conference at his residence in Jakarta on Thursday, 5 March 2026.

The United States Central Command (CENTCOM), which is responsible for US military activity in the Middle East, said on Wednesday that Iran’s missile launches had fallen by 86 percent and drone launches by 73 percent in the last four days.

A Western official had previously said that the decline in Iran’s ballistic-missile launches was the result of US and Israeli strikes on launch sites and on facilities that produce the missiles.

Countering those reports, Ambassador Boroujerdi said no one knows the exact quantities of munitions or the strength of the missiles of other countries, and only the battlefield can determine who runs out of ammunition first.

“Certainly no one knows precisely how strong the missiles are or how many there are from any country. It is only the battlefield that will decide who runs out of ammunition… America is merely seeking to project its aims,” he added.