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IRGC Quds Force Unit 340 is a secretive IRGC-QF technical element described in sanctions notices and defense analysis as handling research, development, training, and technical support for Iran-backed partners. Open-source missile research links the unit to Iran's effort to give allied groups rocket, missile, and production technology that can be adapted for local manufacture outside Iran.
1 weaponsIRGC Quds Force Unit 340 is an Iranian military technical unit, not a commercial defense contractor. The UK government described Unit 340 as responsible for research and development and for providing training and technical support to groups backed by Iran, while CTC Sentinel identified it as the IRGC-QF Technical Department associated with Houthi qualitative forces.
Defense-analysis sources describe Unit 340's work as part of a wider Quds Force method: transferring missile know-how, training, designs, and production processes so partner forces can build or adapt weapons locally. IISS reporting on Iran's missile proliferation cites leaked material that placed Unit 340 in the lead role for a Palestinian Islamic Jihad artillery-rocket effort that included the Badr-3 heavy rocket and related simple rocket designs optimized for proxy production.
IISS reporting on Iran's missile-proliferation approach says leaked Quds Force material placed Unit 340 in the lead role for a PIJ artillery-rocket effort that included the Badr-3 heavy rocket, also called Nafea.
Sources: IISS Iran's New Approach to Missile Proliferation, IISS open-source analysis of Iran's missile and UAV capabilities and proliferationThe launch-system record is linked as associated Badr-3 equipment: public reporting identifies the launcher with the same Badr-3 rocket family, while IISS ties the rocket family's Iranian development and proxy-production model to Unit 340-sourced material.
Sources: Army Recognition Badr-3 launcher report, IISS Iran's New Approach to Missile ProliferationA CTC Sentinel article described Unit 340 as the IRGC-QF Technical Department and said it enables partner forces to develop and field military technology and industries.
Sources: CTC Sentinel article
The UK government announced sanctions against Unit 340 and described it as being in charge of research and development plus training and technical support to groups backed by Iran.
Sources: UK government sanctions notice
An EU sanctions regulation on Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad said Ali Morshed Shirazi had requested assistance from the IRGC-QF technical unit, identified as Unit 340, to support PIJ.
Sources: EU sanctions regulation on Hamas and PIJ
A UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation notice identified Hamid Fazeli as commander of IRGC Unit 340 and listed him under the Iran sanctions regime.
Sources: UK OFSI Iran financial sanctions notice
Unit 340 is a secretive military element rather than a conventional commercial manufacturer, so public sourcing is indirect and mostly comes from sanctions notices and defense-analysis reporting. No reliable public headquarters address or rights-clear reusable image was verified for this profile, so both are omitted.
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Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.