Profile
- Type
- Short-range ballistic missile
- Conflict side
- Iran
- Origin
- Iran
- Service note
- 2010s-present
Artillery
Qiam-1 / modified Qiam ballistic missile
The Qiam-1 is Iran's road-mobile, liquid-fueled short-range ballistic missile family derived from the Shahab-2. Open-source analysis links the family, including a modified Qiam variant sometimes called Qiam-2, to Iran's January 2020 retaliatory strike on U.S. forces at Ayn al-Asad Air Base during the United States-Iran Conflict.
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Service History
- In service
- Unveiled in 2010 and delivered to the IRGC Aerospace Force; later reporting described a modified Qiam variant with improved terminal control.
- Used by
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force
- Wars
- United States-Iran Conflict
Production History
- Designer
- Aerospace Industries Organization
- Designed
- 2010
- Built in
- Iran
- Produced
- 2010-present
Specifications
- Class
- Short-range ballistic missile
- Length
- 11.5 m
- Diameter
- 0.88 m (body), 0.60 m (warhead)
- Launch weight
- 6,155 kg
- Payload
- 750 kg
- Propulsion
- Single-stage liquid propellant
- Range
- 700-800 km
- Basing
- Road-mobile; also designed for underground silo launch
- Warhead
- High explosive fragmentation or submunitions
Conflict Usage
- United States-Iran Conflict
- Side: IranRole: Retaliatory ballistic missile strike
Used by Iran in the United States-Iran Conflict's January 8, 2020 retaliatory strike on Ayn al-Asad Air Base; Iran Watch says evidence suggests a modified Qiam version may have been among the missiles used.
Qiam-1 / modified Qiam ballistic missile Images
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Iran's Missile Program: Past and PresentPublisher: Iran Watch | Note: Supports Qiam-1 background, manufacturer context, specifications, and that the missile was used by Iran in the United States-Iran Conflict's January 2020 strike on U.S. forces in Iraq. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Table of Iran's Missile ArsenalPublisher: Iran Watch | Note: Supports the modified Qiam-1 designation, the Qiam-2 alias used by some analysts, and evidence that a modified Qiam version was fired by Iran in the United States-Iran Conflict's January 2020 strike on U.S. forces in Iraq. | Accessed: 2026-06-20One Year AgoPublisher: Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance | Note: United States-Iran Conflict: used by Iran in the January 8, 2020 retaliatory missile attack on Ayn al-Asad Air Base, with 11 Qiam-1 missiles reported in the salvo. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Qiam-1Publisher: Missile Threat / Center for Strategic and International Studies | Note: United States-Iran Conflict: used by Iran in the January 8, 2020 ballistic missile attack on Iraqi air bases housing U.S. forces, with Qiam missile debris indicating use in the attack. | Accessed: 2026-06-202019 Sacred Defence Week parade (343).jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance and licensing context for the primary launcher photo used on the entry. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Qiam1.PNGPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance and public-domain licensing for the Qiam diagram image in the gallery. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Qiam-1 (01).jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance and reuse context for the 2011 Qiam-1 supply ceremony photo in the gallery. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Sejil 2 and qiam at tehran exhibition 2012.jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance and reuse context for the 2012 exhibition photo showing Qiam alongside Sejil-2. | Accessed: 2026-06-20