Profile
- Type
- Road-mobile medium-range ballistic missile
- Conflict side
- Iran
- Origin
- Iran
- Service note
- Unveiled and tested in 2015; documented in 2025 conflict use
Artillery
Emad
Emad is an Iranian liquid-fueled, road-mobile medium-range ballistic missile derived from the Shahab-3/Ghadr family. Its distinguishing feature is a maneuverable reentry vehicle intended to improve accuracy over earlier Shahab-3 variants, giving Iran a regional strike weapon with an assessed range around 1,700 km and a roughly 750 kg payload.
Service History
- In service
- Iranian service from 2015; operational use documented in 2025
- Used by
- Iran
- Wars
- Israel-Iran Conflict
Production History
- Designer
- Aerospace Industries Organization
- Designed
- Announced and tested in 2015
- Built in
- Iran
- Unit cost
- Not publicly disclosed
- Produced
- 2015 onward
- Number built
- Not publicly disclosed
- Variants
- Emad-1, Reported anti-ship Emad variant
Specifications
- Range
- About 1,700 km
- Payload
- About 750 kg
- Propulsion
- Liquid propellant
- Basing
- Road-mobile launcher
- Length
- About 16 to 16.5 m
- Diameter
- About 1.25 to 1.38 m
- Guidance
- Maneuverable reentry vehicle for improved terminal accuracy
Conflict Usage
- Israel-Iran Conflict
- Side: IranRole: Long-range ballistic missile strikes
Iran used Emad-series ballistic missiles during the June 2025 Israel-Iran conflict; OSMP catalogued Emad-series missile debris in Israel dated 15 June 2025, and ISW reported Iranian media claims that Emad missiles were used in attacks on Israel after 12 June.
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Emad, Ghadr (Shahab-3 Variants)Publisher: Missile Threat, Center for Strategic and International Studies | Note: Supports Emad background, Shahab-3/Ghadr lineage, range, payload, propulsion, basing, and reentry-vehicle context. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Iran's Missile Program: Past and PresentPublisher: Iran Watch | Note: Supports Emad-1 background as a Shahab-3 variant with claimed maneuverable reentry vehicle and improved accuracy. | Accessed: 2026-06-20'Simorgh' Carrier, 'Emad' Ballistic Missile on Display in Feb. 11 RallyPublisher: Mehr News Agency | Note: Supports Iranian reporting that Emad was designed and developed by the Defense Ministry's Aerospace Industries Organization. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG)Publisher: Iran Watch | Note: Supports SHIG's role as an AIO subordinate responsible for Iran's liquid-fueled ballistic missile program. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Iran Update Special Report, June 15, 2025, Morning EditionPublisher: Institute for the Study of War | Note: Supports direct Israel-Iran Conflict use by reporting Iranian media claims that Emad missiles were used to attack Israel after 12 June 2025. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Iran-Israel Conflict June 2025Publisher: Open Source Munitions Portal | Note: Supports direct Israel-Iran Conflict use by listing Emad-series munitions in OSMP's reviewed June 2025 conflict collection. | Accessed: 2026-06-20OSMP 1499Publisher: Open Source Munitions Portal | Note: Supports direct conflict-use evidence by identifying a 15 June 2025 Emad-series rocket or missile remnant in Israel. | Accessed: 2026-06-202019 Sacred Defence Week Parade (229)Publisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance for an Emad MRBM on launcher at Iran's 2019 Sacred Defense Parade; the file page lists CC BY 4.0 licensing and Mehr News Agency attribution. | Accessed: 2026-06-20