Profile
- Type
- Short-range ballistic missile
- Conflict side
- Iran
- Origin
- Iran
- Service note
- 2018-present
Artillery
Qiam-2 ballistic missile
Qiam-2 is an analyst designation for an upgraded Iranian Qiam short-range ballistic missile with a revised reentry section and improved accuracy. Open-source reporting ties the modified missile to Iran's January 2020 retaliatory strike on Ain al-Asad Air Base in the United States-Iran Conflict.
Service History
- In service
- Reportedly operational by 2020 as an upgraded Qiam variant; exact designation and production scale are not publicly confirmed.
- Used by
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force
- Wars
- United States-Iran Conflict
Production History
- Designer
- Aerospace Industries Organization
- Designed
- Late 2010s
- Built in
- Iran
- Unit cost
- Not publicly disclosed
- Produced
- Late 2010s-present
- Number built
- Not publicly disclosed
- Variants
- Qiam-1
Specifications
- Range
- About 800 km in open-source references for the Qiam family and modified variant.
- Payload
- About 500 kg conventional warhead class.
- Propulsion
- Single-stage liquid propellant.
- Basing
- Road-mobile transporter-erector-launcher.
- Guidance
- Separating warhead with finned reentry section and improved accuracy over earlier Qiam versions.
Conflict Usage
- United States-Iran Conflict
- Side: IranRole: Retaliatory ballistic-missile strike
Used by Iran in the United States-Iran Conflict during the January 2020 Ain al-Asad strike; open-source reporting describes the missiles as modified Qiams and treats the exact Qiam-2 attribution as analyst-assigned.
Qiam-2 ballistic missile Images
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CSIS Qiam-1 Missile ThreatPublisher: CSIS Missile Threat | Note: Supports the baseline Qiam design, range class, liquid propulsion, finned reentry section, and the background needed to identify the upgraded Qiam-2 variant. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Iran Watch Missile Arsenal TablePublisher: Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control | Note: Supports the Qiam-family background and the note that the modified Qiam-1 has been called Qiam-2 by some independent analysts, but not by official Iranian sources. | Accessed: 2026-06-20IISS Open-Source Missile AnalysisPublisher: International Institute for Strategic Studies | Note: United States-Iran Conflict: modified Qiam used by Iran in the January 2020 Ain al-Asad attack; the paper's table lists the system as Qiam-1 mod. (Qiam-2?) with an 800 km range and about 100 m CEP. | Accessed: 2026-06-20MDAA Iran Missile OverviewPublisher: Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance | Note: United States-Iran Conflict: modified Qiams used by Iran in the January 2020 Ain al-Asad strike during the conflict. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Qiam-1 (09) - Wikimedia CommonsPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Wikimedia Commons file page for the primary Qiam launch image and its licensing context. | Accessed: 2026-06-202019 Sacred Defence Week parade (343) - Wikimedia CommonsPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Wikimedia Commons file page for a parade image showing the missile in display context and its licensing context. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Sejil 2 and qiam at tehran exhibition 2012 - Wikimedia CommonsPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Wikimedia Commons file page for the exhibition image and its licensing context. | Accessed: 2026-06-20