The Embassy of Israel in Kenya on Thursday, March 26 issued a warning that Iran possesses long-range missiles capable of reaching Europe and Africa.

In a statement, the embassy said Tehran is in possession of weapons of mass destruction (nuclear weapons) that can travel within an enormous 4,000 kilometer radius.

A 4,000 kilometer radius stretches deep into Africa, reaching across the Horn and into East Africa.

To put this into perspective; Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) is about 3,200 km from Tehran, Mogadishu (Somalia) is about 3,700–3,800 km away, Juba (South Sudan) sits just under 4,000 km, while Nairobi (Kenya) is just beyond that range at around 4,300–4,400 km.

“What this means is that within a 4,000 km reach, most of the Horn of Africa and parts of East Africa fall squarely within range,” the embassy noted, “with countries like Kenya sitting just at the edge of that radius.”

The embassy further warned: “This is not a distant geography. It is within the same regional neighborhood, from the Middle East into Africa’s eastern corridor.”

This comes after Iran targeted the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia, the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago, before the UK government gave the US permission to strike missile sites targeting the Strait of Hormuz last Friday.

Although it is not clear exactly when the two intermediate-range ballistic missiles were fired, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said it was the first time Tehran had launched a long-range missile since the start of the war, and showed it is now capable of reaching cities such as London, Paris or Berlin.

“We have been saying it: the Iranian terrorist regime poses a global threat,” the IDF said in a statement.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran has the capacity to reach “deep into Europe”.

“I’ve been warning all the time. They have now the capacity to reach deep into Europe. They already have fired on a European country, Cyprus. They are putting everyone in their sights.”