Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani argued that "regarding the range, destruction power, accuracy and quick preparation which are the four main topics of our missile development, we do not consult and obtain permission from anybody... our defence needs determine what we do". Shamkhani also indicated that "our prediction about U.S. allies in the region is that if their policy to take refuge in the enemies of Islam continues, they will face the uprisings of their humiliated citizens".