Video: Iran parades ballistic missiles in Tehran amid fragile US-brokered ceasefire extension
Abdullateef Fowewe
Crowds filled the streets of Tehran late Tuesday night, waving Iranian flags and chanting in support as military vehicles paraded large ballistic missiles through the city, footage shows.
The display came hours after U.S. President Donald Trump announced an indefinite extension of a ceasefire in the two-month US-Israel-Iran war, which erupted on February 28 with devastating strikes that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and hammered key infrastructure.
The grainy nighttime video captures a transporter carrying a massive missile rumbling past cheering onlookers, with soldiers perched atop holding rifles.
It directly counters claims that Iran’s military capabilities were obliterated, projecting regime resilience despite reported leadership fractures and over 5,000 civilian deaths, widespread displacement, and severe disruptions to the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump’s ceasefire extension followed Pakistani-mediated talks in Islamabad, centered on Iran’s uranium stockpiles.
The U.S. maintains a naval blockade on Iranian ports, which Tehran views skeptically and denies requesting to prolong.
Iranian officials insist on a full blockade lift before advancing negotiations, while warning of “battlefield options” if talks stall.
The parade, occurring weeks into the truce and shortly before a prior deadline, underscores military posturing amid the fragile peace.
Oil markets jolted in response, with Brent crude briefly topping $100 per barrel as investors braced for renewed Strait disruptions and higher summer fuel costs.
