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September 28, 2020
On September 27, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Division displayed a new antiship ballistic missile (ASBM) in an exhibition of aerospace weapons. Featuring an enlarged booster, Iran claims the Zolfaghar Basir missile ranges 700 km, over doubles Iran’s earlier antiship missiles. Related Links: Iran unveils enhanced ballistic missile as tensions rise with US,...
August 4, 2020
On July 29, Iranian state media announced the country’s Revolutionary Guard successfully conducted live-fire missile tests. In the exercise, designated “Great Prophet 14,” Iranian forces displayed a variety of ballistic missiles and destroyed mockups of an aircraft carrier and air defense radar with bombs and missiles. According to an IRGC commander, the exercises are expected to...
February 10, 2020
On February 9, Iran unveiled a new tactical ballistic missile designated the Raad-500 (“Thunder”). Iranian state media claims the missile is constructed with lightweight composite materials, weighing half of the preceding Fateh-110 system. The missile is additionally thought to feature a range of 500 km and an accuracy of 30 m CEP. Related Links: Iran...
January 9, 2020
On January 8, 2020, Iran used ballistic missiles to attack U.S. air bases in Iraq, in response to the U.S.-targeted killing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF) commander Qasem Soleimani. The attack against U.S. bases in Iraq demonstrates that Tehran continues to rely on its missile forces as a tool for signaling, diplomacy,...
December 11, 2019
In discussions of Iran’s regional missile proliferation, Lebanese Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthi rebels tend to dominate the conversation. This focus is for good reason: Hezbollah today possesses an estimated 130,000 rockets and short-range missiles, and the Houthis have fired over 250 projectiles into Saudi Arabia since 2015. Yet Iran’s strategy of arming proxies with rockets...
September 10, 2018
On September 8, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attacked Kurdish opposition targets in Iraq, using surface-to-surface missiles. Al Jazeera reported that seven missiles “hit the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) and the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) in the town of Koya, 300 km north of Iraq’s capital, Baghdad.” An...
August 31, 2018
On August 31, Reuters reported that Iran has transferred tens of Zelzal, Fateh-110, and Zolfaghar ballistic missiles to Shi’ite proxies in Iraq over the past few months. Iran may also be developing missile production infrastructure in Iraq. According to some sources reported by the news wire, “a decision was made some 18 months ago to...
August 15, 2018
On August 13, Iran unveiled the Fateh-e Mobin (“Bright Conqueror”), a variant of its Fateh-110 short-range ballistic missile. This follows the firing of a short-range antiship Fateh-110 mod 3 ballistic missile last week, but local media has not confirmed whether this was the Fateh-e Mobin. Iran’s Tasnim News Agency reported that according to Defense Minister Brigadier General...
August 12, 2018
On August 10, Iran test fired a short-range antiship Fateh-110 mod 3 ballistic missile from Bandar-e-Jask over the Strait of Hormuz last week. This is the first reported ballistic missile test from Iran since June 2017. Fox News reported that “According to the officials, the anti-ship Fateh-110 Mod 3 flew over 100 miles on a...
June 19, 2017
On June 18, Iran launched six Zolfaghar missiles into eastern Syria targeting ISIS militants in the Deir ez-Zor region. The missiles were fired from Iranian bases in its western provinces of Kermanshah and Kurdistan and flew over 600 km before reportedly hitting their targets. The strike, which the IRGC has titled “Operation Laylat al-Qadar,” comes...