Iran unveils nine missiles capable of reaching Israel

A semi-official Iranian news agency on April 7 released an infographic outlining nine missiles from Iran’s arsenal capable of reaching Israel, as Tehran has vowed to retaliate for a deadly strike attributed to Israel on its consulate in Damascus.

Here’s a breakdown of the Iran-made missiles capable of reaching Israel, as reported by the ISNA news agency:

Sejjil, Khorramshahr 4 (Khaibar), Emad, Shahab 3, Qadr, Paveh, Khaibarshekan, Fattah 2, Haj Qassem.

The airstrike on April 1 in the Syrian capital killed seven members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including two senior commanders, further escalating tensions in a region already strained by the ongoing Israel-Hamas war since October 7.

Among those killed was Mohammad-Reza Zahedi, the most senior casualty of the attack. Zahedi was responsible for overseeing operations in Lebanon and Syria for the Quds Force, the IRGC’s foreign operations arm.

Zahedi is the highest-ranking Iranian commander to be killed since the 2020 US killing of Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani in Iraq.

Speaking at Zahedi’s funeral in Iran on April 6, a senior Iranian military official reiterated Tehran’s determination to retaliate against the consulate attack, saying that Iran’s response will aim to cause “maximum damage.”