Profile
- Type
- Road-mobile medium-range ballistic missile
- Conflict side
- Iran
- Origin
- Iran
- Service note
- Introduced in 2007; documented in Iranian missile inventories and 2025 Israel-Iran fighting.
Artillery
Ghadr-1
The Ghadr-1 is an Iranian road-mobile medium-range ballistic missile derived from the Shahab-3 line, with a stretched liquid-fueled airframe, reduced warhead mass, and a reshaped reentry vehicle intended to extend reach toward roughly 1,600 km. Open sources describe it as part of Iran's strategic strike inventory, with Ghadr-family missiles documented in Iranian attacks on Israel during the 2025 Israel-Iran Conflict.
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Service History
- In service
- First introduced publicly in 2007
- Used by
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force
- Wars
- Israel-Iran Conflict
Production History
- Designer
- Iranian missile industry
- Designed
- Early-to-mid 2000s
- Built in
- Iran
- Unit cost
- Not publicly reported
- Produced
- 2007-present
- Number built
- Not publicly reported
- Variants
- Ghadr-101, Ghadr-110, Qadr-1 spelling variant, Emad derivative
- Developed from
- Shahab-3
- Developed into
- Emad
Specifications
- Range
- About 1,600 km practical range; some estimates list 1,600-1,950 km
- Payload
- About 750 kg
- Propulsion
- Liquid propellant
- Length
- About 16.6 m
- Diameter
- About 1.25 m
- Launch weight
- About 19,000 kg
- Accuracy
- Estimated about 300 m CEP
- Basing
- Road-mobile transporter-erector-launcher
Conflict Usage
- Israel-Iran Conflict
- Side: IranRole: Long-range ballistic missile strike
Iranian forces used Ghadr-family ballistic missiles against Israel during the June 2025 fighting; available open reporting confirms the Ghadr family rather than a recovered Ghadr-1 serial.
Ghadr-1 Images
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Emad, Ghadr (Shahab-3 Variants)Publisher: CSIS Missile Threat | Note: Supports Ghadr-1 identity, Shahab-3 lineage, basing, dimensions, payload, propulsion, range estimates, service date, and variant naming caveats. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Open-Source Analysis of Iran's Missile and UAV Capabilities and ProliferationPublisher: International Institute for Strategic Studies | Note: Supports technical background on the stretched airframe, aluminum-alloy weight reduction, 750 kg payload, practical range, reentry vehicle shape, and estimated accuracy. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Table of Iran's Missile ArsenalPublisher: Iran Watch | Note: Supports current Iranian missile inventory context and deployed Ghadr-class specifications. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Shahid Hemmat Industrial GroupPublisher: Nuclear Threat Initiative | Note: Supports manufacturer attribution for Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group as responsible for Iran's Shahab-3 and Ghadr missile programs. | Accessed: 2026-06-20IDF destroys Ghadr missiles at Isfahan, pushing toward hunting down 400 ballistic missile launchersPublisher: The Jerusalem Post | Note: Supports Israel-Iran Conflict usage by reporting that the IRGC confirmed Ghadr missile use against Israel during the June 2025 fighting; the source identifies the family rather than a specific recovered Ghadr-1 missile. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Islamic Republic of Iran Army Day, 2008 (09).jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports primary image provenance for a Qadr-1/Ghadr-1 missile at Iran's 2008 Army Day parade, licensed CC BY 4.0 with Fars Media Corporation attribution. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Sacred Defense Week parade 2007 in Tehran (40).jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports gallery image provenance for a Ghadr-1 category parade image, licensed CC BY 4.0 with Fars Media Corporation attribution. | Accessed: 2026-06-20