![]() ![]() New York State Office of the State Comptroller.Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.Office of the Press Secretary to the President.ROSATOM State Nuclear Energy Corporation.Embassy of Saudi Arabia in the United States.Department of International Relations and Cooperation.Department for Business Innovation & SkillsĪugust 1984: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Minister Mohsen Rafiqdoost leads a team of officials and commanders on a trip to Syria and Libya hoping to acquire ballistic missiles. ![]() The group includes deputy IRGC commander Yahya Rahim Safavi, commander of the IRGC’s artillery division Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam, his deputy Hassan Shafi’zadeh, Mohammad Bagheri, and Ahmad Vahid Dastjerdi. Syrian President Hafez Assad gives no missiles offers training on how to operate them. In Libya, Muammar Ghaddafi agrees to transfer Scud-B missiles to Iran. October 1984: The IRGC establishes a missile team within its artillery division. Yahya Rahim Safavi appoints Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam as commander and Amir Ali Hajizadeh as his deputy. ![]() October-December 1984: Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam leads a team of 13 IRGC members to Syria to receive training on how to operate Scud-B and Frog-7 missiles. October-November 1984: Amir Ali Hajizadeh helps establish Iran’s first missile base near Kermanshah.ĭecember 1984: Iran receives its first shipment of 8 Scud-B missiles and two launchers from Libya, along with a team of Libyan technical advisors. In total, Iran would receive 26 Scud-B missiles and six launch vehicles from Libya during the war. March 1985: Iran launches its first Scud-B missile against Iraq, targeting an oil installation near Kirkuk. Iran would launch a total of 121 Scud-B missiles during the war. June 1985: Speaker of the Iranian Majlis Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani leads a high-level delegation to Libya, Syria, North Korea, and China seeking more missiles. October 1987: The United States publicly accuses China of selling "Silkworm" anti-ship cruise missiles to Iran and imposes sanctions on high-technology sales to China in response. The measures come after three Silkworm missile attacks against oil infrastructure in the Persian Gulf in the span of a week.ġ987: Iran reportedly receives approximately 100 Scud-B missiles from North Korea. ![]()
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