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System Profile

Zolfaghar

Class
Short-range ballistic missile (SRBM)
Propellant
Solid
Operators
Iran

Range

  • Range: 700 km (DIA range). Ring drawn from Tehran.
Range rings for Zolfaghar700 km: DIA rangeIranIraqSaudi ArabiaYemenIsraelLebanonSyriaTurkeyEgyptOmanPakistanAfghanistanQatarUAEKuwaitBahrain700 km: DIA rangeTehran500 km (approx.)
Ring drawn from Tehran for scale; launchers are mobile. Source: Defense Intelligence Agency, Iran Military Power: Ensuring Regime Survival and Securing Regional Dominance (2019), p. 45. Basemap: Natural Earth (public domain).

Source Text

"In September 2016, Iran unveiled the new Zolfaghar SRBM, a solid-propellant system with a 700-kilometer range. Iran used these missiles in its 2017 and 2018 strikes against ISIS in Syria."

Defense Intelligence Agency, Iran Military Power: Ensuring Regime Survival and Securing Regional Dominance (2019), p. 45.

Cite: Middle East Forum, "Zolfaghar," Axis Attacks and Ceasefires, https://attacks.meforum.org/systems/zolfaghar/.