Iran Warns It will Upgrade Missiles to Hit Europe if It Feels Threatened

A Shahab-3 long range missile is displayed during a rally marking al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Tehran on June 23, 2017. Chants against the Saudi royal family and the so-called Islamic State mingled with the traditional cries of 'Death to Israel' and 'Death to America' at the Jerusalem Day rallies across Iran. Stringer/AFP/Getty Images

A top Iranian general has threatened that Iran will increase the range of its missiles so that they can hit Europe if Iran is threatened.

Brigadier General Hossein Salami — second in command of the country’s Revolutionary Guards — said Iran could increase the range of its missiles by more than 1,250 miles (2,000 km). That would be far enough to strike the European continent.