Missile Capabilities

Iranian diplomat: Iran free to do any missile activity as UN restrictions expire

A senior Iranian diplomat says Iran is now facing no restrictions with regards to its missile activities given that the country is no longer facing any prohibitions in that sector.

Top negotiator: Iran no longer subject to any UN Security Council missile restrictions

Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator has announced that according to Security Council Resolution 2231, Iran is no longer the subject of any restrictions related to the transfer of ballistic missiles within the framework of the United Nations Security Council.

Iran foils Israeli sabotage plot against country’s missile industries

Iran has foiled a major Israeli sabotage plot against the country’s missile industries.

IRGC says to boost missile, drone capabilities

A senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the IRGC will make every effort to enhance its missile and drone capabilities.

Iran developing supersonic cruise missiles: Report

Iranian military scientists have obtained the technical know-how to manufacture cruise missiles capable of traveling at supersonic speeds, Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday.

“Iran’s new missile Abu Mahdi uses AI for determining flight direction” 

A spokesman for Iran’s Defense Ministry says enemies must not contemplate creating insecurity in the region because if they threaten the Islamic Republic, they will have to move beyond the reach of the country’s Abu Mahdi missiles. 

Iran hopes to avenge allied Iraqi commander killed by US with eponymous missile at sea

Iranian naval forces have received a new missile that is named after allied Iraqi Commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, whom an Iranian commander says the country hopes to avenge using the same missile.

Official says EU likely to keep missile sanctions on Iran

A European official has stated he expects no difficulty persuading EU states to maintain ballistic missile sanctions on Tehran that are due to expire in October. Iran says keeping the bans in place beyond that time, runs counter to international law.

Sources say Europe to retain ballistic missile sanctions on Iran

European diplomats have told Tehran they plan to retain European Union ballistic missile sanctions set to expire in October under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, four sources have stated. Iranian officials have stressed that the country’s defensive might including its missile program is a redline and non-negotiable.

IRGC commander: Iran has sophisticated technologies in defense industry

Commander of Aerospace Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) says Iran has achieved all sophisticated technologies in the field of defense industry.

Iran says missile program defensive, rejects west concerns

The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry has rejected as interventionist remarks by some Western government officials about the unveiling of Iran's hyoersobic missile, dubbed Fattah.

US sanctions Iranian, Chinese Individuals, entities over Tehran’s defense program

The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on over a dozen people and organizations in Iran, China and Hong Kong, including Iran's defense attache in Beijing, for "running a procurement network" for Iran's missile program. Tehran says the missile program is totally for peaceful purposes and no measure can strip Iran of its legitimate and legal right to boost its defensive capabilities.

Iran’s IRGC unveils much-awaited hypersonic missile

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) unveils the country’s first hypersonic missile, designed and developed by experts at home, in the latest remarkable air defense achievement.

Iranian-made hypersonic missile to be unveiled soon: Senior IRGC cmdr.

A senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iran is set to unveil a domestically-developed hypersonic missile in the near future.

Iran unveils advanced 2,000 km ballistic missile

The Iranian Defense Ministry unveils an advanced ballistic missile, designed and built by the country’s experts, which can travel 2,000 kilometers and carry a 1,500-kilogram warhead.

Defense minister urges nonstop development of Iran’s missile, space programs

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammadreza Ashtiani says missile and space programs at the Iranian Defense Ministry must proceed nonstop.

Iran’s IRGC successfully test-fires new advanced top-attack missile

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) successfully test-fires an advanced top-attack missile, designed and developed by experts at home.

IRGC commander says Iran has developed new long-range cruise missile

The commander of the Aerospace Division of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), announced operationalization of a new long-range cruise missile, that can travel as far as 1,650 kilometers (1,025 miles).

IRGC commander: Iran among missile, drone powers in world

Commander of the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh says Iran stands among the world's top countries manufacturing drones and missiles.

US says ‘closely’ monitoring Iran’s missile program

The United States has announced its military “will closely monitor Iran’s development and proliferation of advanced missile and associated technology". It comes after Tehran confirmed it has built a hypersonic ballistic missile.

Iran developed state-of-the-art hypersonic ballistic missiles: Cmdr.

The head of the Aerospace Division of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the country has managed to develop cutting-edge hypersonic ballistic missiles, which are capable of penetrating advanced missile interception systems and hit the targets.

IRGC uses Fath-360 missile in drill, with range of 120 km

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has launched a large-scale military exercise in Iran’s northwestern border regions in which it used Fath-360 missile with the range of 120 kilometers.

Top General: Iran’s ballistic missiles keeping US warships away from Persian Gulf

The chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the United States keeps its warships away from the Persian Gulf in southern Iran out of its fear from the Islamic Republic’s ballistic missile capabilities.

President Raisi: Iran military power grew despite sanctions

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi says Iran has made huge progress in its military sector despite threats, pressures and sanctions by enemies and this has happened due to the high motivation of defensive industries to achieve self-sufficiency.

Iran preparing to launch new satellite into orbit in autumn

A senior Iranian space official says the country has “special plans” for developing telecommunication satellites designed to be placed in high-altitude orbits, and that one of the spacecraft under construction will be launched this autumn.

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