Profile
- Type
- Medium-range surface-to-air missile system
- Conflict side
- Iran
- Origin
- Iran
- Service note
- 2014-present
Air Defense
Sevom Khordad / 3rd Khordad air-defense system
Sevom Khordad, also known as 3rd Khordad, is an Iranian road-mobile medium-range surface-to-air missile system built around a self-contained TELAR and phased-array radar. In United States-Iran Conflict reporting, the system was identified as a possible Iranian air-defense asset involved in the April 2026 F-15E shootdown claim, though the exact launcher was not independently confirmed.
Service History
- In service
- First unveiled in 2014 and later described in open-source reporting as an upgraded Ra'ad-family system.
- Used by
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force
- Wars
- United States-Iran Conflict
Production History
- Designer
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force
- Designed
- 2014
- Built in
- Iran
- Produced
- 2014-present
- Variants
- TELAR, TEL, Bashir radar battalion configuration, Taer-3 equipped version
Specifications
- Launcher type
- Self-contained truck-mounted TELAR
- Missiles
- Taer-2 / Taer-2B, Sayyad-2, and later Taer-3 claims
- Radar
- X-band active phased-array fire-control radar; Bashir 3D radar in battalion use
- Engagement range
- About 50 km at unveiling; later reporting claims up to 200 km with upgrades
- Engagement ceiling
- 25-27 km
- Simultaneous engagements
- 4 targets and 8 missiles
Conflict Usage
- United States-Iran Conflict
- Side: IranRole: Possible mobile medium-range air-defense engagement
During the United States-Iran Conflict, reporting on Iran's April 2026 F-15E shootdown claim identified Third Khordad as a possible Iranian surface-to-air system involved, but the exact launcher was not independently confirmed.
Sevom Khordad / 3rd Khordad air-defense system Images
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Mehr News: Iran unveils, launches domestic defense systemsPublisher: Mehr News Agency | Note: Supports the domestic-development background, mobile TELAR description, four-target/eight-missile claim, and the 50 km range described at unveiling. | Accessed: 2026-06-20ISW News: Military Knowledge: Sevom Khordad Air Defense SystemPublisher: Islamic World News | Note: Supports the phased-array radar description, battalion architecture, later range claims, and missile-family details for Sevom Khordad. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Reuters via The Star: US fighter jet shot down over IranPublisher: Reuters | Note: Provides conflict context for the April 2026 United States-Iran Conflict shootdown and the search-and-rescue response over Iran. | Accessed: 2026-06-20New York Post: Iran used new missile defense system to shoot down F-15 fighter jetPublisher: New York Post | Note: United States-Iran Conflict: supports the cautious direct-use context that Third Khordad may have been used by Iran in the April 2026 F-15E shootdown claim, while noting the launcher was not independently confirmed. | Accessed: 2026-06-20PolitiFact: Trump's press conference fact-check on Iran's air defensesPublisher: PolitiFact | Note: United States-Iran Conflict: supports the April 2026 aircraft-loss context and reports that Third Khordad systems may have been used by Iran as concealed mobile air-defense assets. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Wikimedia Commons: 3rd Khordad TELAR.jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports the primary image and image provenance for a 3rd Khordad TELAR view. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Wikimedia Commons: 3rd Khordad TELAR w Taer-2 missiles.jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports the gallery image and image provenance for a 3rd Khordad TELAR with Taer-2 missiles. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Wikimedia Commons: 3 Khordad kill mark.jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports the gallery image and image provenance for the 3 Khordad TELAR with kill mark display. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Wikimedia Commons: 3rd Khordad TELAR 2019.jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports the gallery image and image provenance for the 2019 3rd Khordad TELAR display. | Accessed: 2026-06-20