Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards march during a military parade to commemorate the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war in Tehran Sept. 22, 2007.
VOA: Analysts Fear Bigger Iran Military Budget Could Mean More Proxy Wars
An Iranian official has announced the allocation of $2.5 billion more for the country's military to increase what the regime terms the country's "military capabilities."
Ali Asghar Yousefnejad, a member of Iranian Parliament and the spokesperson for Iran's special parliamentary committee that deals with the country's budget, told the country's official news agency IRNA on Tuesday that the $2.5 billion is in addition to what the military will receive once the regime's fiscal year begins in March.
The country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reportedly approved the increase in military spending.
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