Profile
- Type
- Road-mobile medium-range ballistic missile
- Conflict side
- Iran
- Origin
- Iran
- Service note
- In service from the 2010s; documented in 2026 U.S.-Iran conflict reporting
Artillery
Sejjil
Sejjil is an Iranian road-mobile, two-stage solid-propellant medium-range ballistic missile developed as a faster-launching alternative to Iran's older liquid-fueled Shahab-family systems. Open-source assessments credit it with roughly 2,000 km range, a heavy single warhead, and an operational role in Iran's long-range strike force, with 2026 reporting documenting IRGC use during Operation True Promise 4.
Service History
- In service
- CSIS lists service from 2012 to present, while noting uncertain current status before reported combat use.
- Used by
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force, Iran
- Wars
- United States-Iran Conflict
Production History
- Designer
- Aerospace Industries Organization
- Designed
- Development likely began in the late 1990s; first test launch reported in 2008
- Built in
- Iran
- Produced
- Reported development and testing from the late 1990s through the 2010s
- Variants
- Sejjil, Sejjil-2, Ashoura / Ashura, Sajil / Sajjil
Specifications
- Class
- Medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM)
- Range
- About 2,000 km
- Payload
- Single warhead, about 700 kg; estimates vary by source
- Propulsion
- Two-stage solid propellant
- Basing
- Road-mobile transporter-erector-launcher
- Length
- About 18 m
- Diameter
- About 1.25 m
- Launch weight
- About 23,600 kg
Conflict Usage
- United States-Iran Conflict
- Side: IranRole: Retaliatory medium-range ballistic missile strike
Iran's IRGC reported firing Sejjil missiles during Operation True Promise 4 after U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, with sources describing the launch as part of retaliatory missile waves against Israeli and American-linked positions.
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SejjilPublisher: CSIS Missile Threat | Note: Supports Sejjil identity, aliases, road-mobile basing, service-history context, and core specifications. | Accessed: 2026-06-20SejjilPublisher: CSIS Missile Threat | Note: Direct conflict-use source for the United States-Iran Conflict: reports that Iran launched Sejjil during Operation True Promise IV against targets in Israel. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Table of Iran's Missile ArsenalPublisher: Iran Watch | Note: Supports open-source estimates for Sejjil's MRBM class, range, payload, two-stage solid propulsion, and deployed status. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO)Publisher: Iran Watch | Note: Supports AIO as the Iranian missile-production organization responsible for developing Sejjil. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Iran Launches Sejjil Missiles at Israel for First Time During Operation True Promise 4Publisher: Tasnim News Agency | Note: Direct conflict-use source for the United States-Iran Conflict: supports the IRGC-reported Sejjil launch during Operation True Promise 4 in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Iran officials tout 'Trump-burning' celebration amid battle of narrativesPublisher: Al Jazeera | Note: Direct conflict-use source for the United States-Iran Conflict: reports IRGC footage of a Sejjil long-range ballistic missile fired during the U.S.-Israel war on Iran. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Sejjil-2 two stage solid propellant ballistic missilePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and CC BY-SA 3.0 licensing for the selected Sejjil missile image. | Accessed: 2026-06-20