Khorramshahr

The Khorramshahr is Iran’s medium-range Ballistic missile (MRBM) series, developed domestically as part of a programme to extend strategic reach beyond Iran’s immediate neighbours. The Khorramshahr-4 variant, also marketed as Kheibar Shekan in some official Iranian designations, carries a warhead capable of penetrating hardened targets; Iran’s deputy foreign minister cited a range of 2,000–2,500km, sufficient to cover Greece, Cyprus, and parts of the Balkans.

The Khorramshahr has become one of the primary long-range strike systems deployed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Operation True Promise 4. The missile’s latest variant, Khorramshahr-4, was deployed in the 61st wave alongside Qadr multi-warhead missiles, striking the Tel Aviv metropolitan area and killing a couple in Ramat Gan while forcing suspension of rail services at Tel Aviv’s Savidor Central station. By the 66th wave, it was deployed with Kheibarshekan, Emad, and Zolfaqar systems in a broadened weapon mix.

The missile has recorded two confirmed penetrations of Israeli air defences: Israeli firefighters confirmed two direct hits in Dimona and Arad, with the IDF spokesman acknowledging the system ‘operated but did not intercept’ the incoming round. That admission raises acute questions about layered Israeli missile defence, including Arrow-3 and Iron Dome, against manoeuvring re-entry vehicles at this range.