Iran's Ballistic Missile Programme
Iran's ballistic missile arsenal is one of the largest in West Asia, developed under the IRGC Aerospace Force and the Ministry of Defence. Key missile families include the Shahab series (medium-range), the Ghadr-110 (range ~1,800–2,000 km), the Sejjil (solid-fuel, ~2,000–2,500 km range), and the Emad (precision-guided, ~1,700 km). Iran had publicly acknowledged maximum ranges of approximately 2,000 km for most operational systems. The Diego Garcia strike at ~4,000 km, if confirmed, would indicate a covert long-range system possibly in the class of intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs, 3,000–5,500 km range) — a capability Iran has denied publicly but which Western intelligence agencies have long suspected.
- Iranian missile families: Shahab (1,500–2,000 km), Ghadr (2,000 km), Sejjil (2,000–2,500 km), Fattah (hypersonic, <1,400 km)
- Previously acknowledged max range: ~2,000 km
- Diego Garcia distance from Iran: ~4,000 km (double publicly acknowledged range)
- JCPOA explicitly excluded missile programme from its constraints
- UNSC Resolution 2231 (2015, post-JCPOA) urged Iran to refrain from developing nuclear-capable ballistic missiles
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