Direct proof of use
Kheibar Shekan's documented appearance in the 2025 Israel-Iran Conflict rests on Iranian IRGC-attributed reporting and independent attack-wave context. Mehr News Agency reported that the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said it fired multiwarhead Kheibarshekan ballistic missiles for the first time in the twentieth wave of Operation True Promise III on June 22, 2025. Press TV carried the same IRGC-attributed account, saying the third-generation Kheibar Shekan was deployed during that Sunday morning operation.
FDD's Long War Journal independently documented the June 22 Iranian attack cycle against Israel as one ballistic-missile barrage in two waves, totaling 35 missiles, and reported two impacts in Tel Aviv and Ness Ziona with 86 Israelis wounded. The evidence supports Iranian claimed firing of Kheibar Shekan during the conflict; it does not independently verify every Iranian target, penetration, accuracy, or damage claim attached to the launch.
Sources: Mehr 20th Wave Kheibarshekan Report, Press TV Kheibar Shekan First Launch, FDD June 22 Missile Attacks
Timeline
The conflict opened on June 13, 2025, when Israel began major strikes against Iran and Iran answered with ballistic-missile and drone retaliation. JINSA later summarized the June 13-24 war as a long-range missile and drone fight in which Iran launched more than 500 ballistic missiles at Israel.
On June 22, after U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, IRGC-attributed Iranian reports said Kheibar Shekan was used in the twentieth wave of Operation True Promise III. On June 24, ISNA reported a later Operation True Promise III phase in which informed sources said Kheibar Shekan, Emad, Qadr, and Fattah-1 missiles were used in Monday's operation against Israeli targets.
Sources: JINSA Shielded by Fire, Mehr 20th Wave Kheibarshekan Report, Press TV Kheibar Shekan First Launch, ISNA True Promise III Missile Wave
Role in the conflict
Within the conflict record, Kheibar Shekan is best treated as an Iranian long-range strike weapon used in retaliatory missile waves against Israel. The cited reports describe operational firing by the IRGC Aerospace Force, not a transfer, possession-only sighting, battlefield capture, or non-Iranian use.
Iran Watch lists Kheibar Shekan as a deployed Iranian solid-fuel, single-stage medium-range ballistic missile with a 1,450-kilometer range and a 450-600 kilogram payload. That range class is consistent with Iran-to-Israel strike use. Euronews, writing during the June 22 escalation, described the missile as a solid-fuel 1,450-kilometer system and noted its public association with the latest Iranian launch claim.
Sources: Mehr 20th Wave Kheibarshekan Report, Iran Watch Missile Arsenal Table, Euronews Kheibar Shekan Background
Attribution and battlefield context
The broader June 22 attack is independently supported even where the exact missile mix depends on Iranian claims. FDD recorded three drone attacks and one ballistic-missile barrage against Israel on June 22, while JINSA counted that day's early-morning Iranian ballistic-missile launches and assessed that Iran's later-war attacks had become more successful at reaching targets.
The exact Kheibar Shekan evidence remains attribution-bound. Iranian outlets said the missile struck intended targets and named sites such as Ben Gurion Airport and command-and-control facilities, but the outside sources used here do not independently assign specific impact points to confirmed Kheibar Shekan airframes. This page therefore treats the system's conflict use as Iranian claimed firing, independently anchored to the June 22 and June 23-24 missile-campaign context.
Sources: FDD June 22 Missile Attacks, JINSA June 23 Conflict Update, Mehr 20th Wave Kheibarshekan Report, ISNA True Promise III Missile Wave
