Profile
- Type
- Road-mobile medium-range ballistic missile
- Conflict side
- Iran
- Origin
- Iran
- Service note
- Entered Iranian service around 2007; documented in 2025 Israel-Iran fighting
Artillery
Qadr
Qadr, also transliterated Ghadr, is an Iranian road-mobile medium-range ballistic missile derived from the Shahab-3 family. Open-source missile references describe it as a liquid-fueled, longer-range system with a redesigned reentry vehicle, while Iranian state reporting directly linked Qadr and Ghadr-H variants to 2025 strikes during the Israel-Iran Conflict.
- Conflict side
- Iran
- Built by
- Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group
- Built in
- Iran
Service History
- In service
- Iranian service from around 2007
- Used by
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force
- Wars
- Israel-Iran Conflict
Production History
- Designer
- Iranian Aerospace Industries Organization and Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group
- Designed
- Early 2000s development; unveiled by Iran in 2007
- Built by
- Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group
- Built in
- Iran
- Produced
- 2000s-present
- Variants
- Ghadr-1, Ghadr-110, Qadr-110, Qadr-H, Ghadr-H
- Developed from
- Shahab-3
Specifications
- Class
- Medium-range or intermediate-range ballistic missile, depending on reference classification
- Basing
- Road-mobile launcher
- Range
- About 1,600-1,950 km
- Payload
- About 750-800 kg
- Length
- About 15.86-16.6 m
- Diameter
- About 1.25-1.38 m
- Launch weight
- About 19,000 kg
- Propulsion
- Liquid propellant, with some references describing a two-stage liquid/solid configuration
- Guidance
- Inertial guidance with reported guidance-system upgrades
- Warhead
- Conventional high explosive or submunitions; references also assess chemical or nuclear-capable design potential
Conflict Usage
- Israel-Iran Conflict
- Side: IranRole: Medium-range ballistic missile strikes
Iranian state reporting said Qadr-family missiles were used in June 2025 Operation True Promise III strikes on Israeli targets, including attacks described against Haifa, Tel Aviv, and later military facilities.
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Emad, Ghadr (Shahab-3 Variants)Publisher: CSIS Missile Threat | Note: Supports Qadr/Ghadr background, Shahab-3 lineage, road-mobile basing, range, dimensions, payload, propulsion, service date, and development context. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Table of Iran's Missile ArsenalPublisher: Iran Watch | Note: Supports Ghadr classification, range, payload, propulsion, accuracy estimate, and deployed status in Iran's missile inventory. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Shahid Hemmat Industrial GroupPublisher: Nuclear Threat Initiative | Note: Supports manufacturer and program responsibility context for Shahab-3 and Ghadr missiles. | Accessed: 2026-06-20True Promise III: Iran Launches a Fresh Wave of Missile, Drone Strikes on Zionist EntityPublisher: Press TV | Note: Supports direct Israel-Iran Conflict use by reporting that Emad, Qadr, and Kheibar Shekan missiles were used in June 2025 attacks on Haifa and Tel Aviv. | Accessed: 2026-06-20For the First Time, IRGC Uses Multi-Warhead Ghadr-H Missiles Against Zionist EntityPublisher: Press TV | Note: Supports direct Israel-Iran Conflict use by citing an IRGC statement and sources that Ghadr-H/Ghadr missiles were used during Operation True Promise III strikes against Israeli targets. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Qadr Missile (Eghtedar-e Velayat Wargame, March 2016)Publisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance and licensing page for a Qadr ballistic missile photograph attributed to Tasnim News Agency and licensed CC BY 4.0. | Accessed: 2026-06-20