Iran displayed a Ghadr ballistic missile during demonstrations commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. The Ghadr, an improved Shahab-3 variant, is a liquid-fueled medium-range ballistic missile that has a range of around 2,000 km, which puts Israel within reach. It was previously displayed during a public show in...
On October 31, the head of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari told journalists that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has restricted the range of ballistic missiles developed in the country to 2,000 km. “Today, the range of our missiles, as the policies of Iran’s supreme leader dictate, are limited to 2,000 kilometers,...
On October 26, the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of new sanctions on Iran’s ballistic missiles program. Passed in an overwhelming 423 to two vote, the Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Act would require the President to provide Congress, within 90 days of the bill’s enactment, a report on: 1) Iran’s...
On September 23, Iranian state-run television showed footage of a medium-range Khorramshahr ballistic missile test launch. “You are seeing images of the successful test of the Khorramshahr ballistic missile with the range of 2,000 km, the latest missile of our country,” said an IRIB presenter. Several U.S. media outlets subsequently ran stories indicating that Iran had...
On September 24, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) displayed the country’s S-300 surface-to-air missile system publicly for the first time. Iran showed the Russian-made defense system, along with Iran’s Sejjil and Ghadr medium-range ballistic missiles, near the Parliament building in Tehran for the IRGC’s annual Defense Week, which marks the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq...
On September 22, Iran displayed the Khorramshahr ballistic missile for the first time during a military parade in Tehran commemorating the Iran-Iraq War. The missile has a reported range of around 2,000 km and Iranian officials claim that it can carry multiple warheads, most likely a reference to submunitions. According to Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander...
An Israeli television report on Tuesday showed satellite images indicating a Scud missile factory capable of production and underground storage of ballistic missiles is currently under construction in northwest Syria, near the coastal city of Baniyas. Intelligence experts analyzed the images and concluded that the site’s structures bear a strong resemblance to those used in...
On August 13, in response to new U.S. sanctions the Iranian parliament overwhelming passed legislation allotting $800 million in additional spending for several military and intelligence projects, including the country’s ballistic missile programs. Iran’s missile program will receive $260 million, and the Quds Force, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps foreign operations wing, is set to...
On July 27, Iranian state-run television announced the successful launch of a Simorgh space launch vehicle (SLV) from the Imam Khomeini Space Centre located in Semnan. According to a report released by the Tasnim News Agency, the Simorgh is capable of carrying satellites weighing up to 250 kg to an orbit of 500 km. The...
Despite Iran’s apparent compliance with the nuclear deal concluded in 2015, its missile programs remain a serious concern. Since 2006, the United Nations has repeatedly sanctioned Iran’s ballistic missile programs, and in 2010 the Security Council called for a complete halt to Iran’s testing of WMD-capable missiles. The pace of Iran’s missile testing has nevertheless...
