Iran unveils new ballistic missiles

Iran has unveiled the new long-range ballistic missile ‘Kheibarshekan’ and the surface-to-surface ballistic missile "Rezvan" for the first time.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) unveiled a new long-range ballistic missile with pinpoint accuracy, dubbed "Kheibarshekan", during the parade of the armed forces, on the first day of Sacred Defense Week, Iran's Mehr news agency reported on September 22.

Kheibarshekan is reportedly among third-generation long-range missiles indigenously developed and manufactured by military experts at the IRGC’s Aerospace Division. This missile can hit targets within a range of 1,450 kilometres with pinpoint accuracy.

The Iranian Armed Forces also unveiled a surface-to-surface ballistic missile, Rezvan, for the first time. Rezvan is a liquid-fuel single-stage missile with a detachable warhead that has a range of up to 1,400 kilometres. It can be launched from a variety of fixed and mobile platforms.

During this military parade, a number of other home-grown drones, ballistic missile systems, long-range radar systems, and air defence achievements were unveiled by the Iranian Armed forces.

Aerospace Force of the IRGC also unveiled for the first time a sample of its Sevvom-e Khordad road-mobile medium-range air defence missile system. Sevvom-e Khordad air defence system is capable of countering different types of air targets including helicopters, fighters, drones, and cruise missiles.

Sacred Defense Week which started in Iran on September 22, is annually celebrated nationwide to mark martyrs and war veterans of the Iraq-Iran war in 1980-1988.