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August 30, 2023

This month’s newsletter features an update to a table that details Iran’s
missile arsenal, the largest in the Middle East. Since the last update,
Iran has unveiled the solid-fueled “hypersonic” Fattah missile as well as a
new variant of the liquid-fueled Khorramshahr, Tehran’s longest-ranged
missile. Iran also claims to have deployed the Haj Qassem, a solid-fueled
ballistic missile with a 1,400-kilometer range.

The newsletter also includes profiles of entities supplying Iran’s missile
and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) programs through a company based in
Turkey, as well as news that Iran has unveiled a new long-endurance drone,
that it has slowed its accumulation of uranium enriched to 60 percent, and
that Russia has begun producing its own variant of the Iranian-designed
Shahed-136 one-way attack drone. Additions to the Iran Watch library
include U.S. officials’ statements about the recent U.S.-Iran prisoner
exchange deal and Western sanctions announcements targeting Iran’s drone
program.

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[4]Fattah missile warhead

The Fattah missile’s unique feature is a re-entry vehicle that contains its
own steerable rocket motor. (Credit: Tasnim News Agency)

Table | [5]Iran’s Missile Arsenal

Iran possesses the largest and most diverse missile arsenal in the Middle
East. This table sets forth what is publicly known, claimed, or estimated
about the capabilities of Iran's ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and
space launch vehicles. Since the table’s last update, Iran has unveiled the
Fattah “hypersonic” missile, developed by a unit within the Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps. It has also introduced the Khorramshahr-4
(Kheibar) missile, which, unlike earlier variants of the Khorramshahr, has
a mid-course guidance and control system allowing it to adjust its
trajectory while outside the atmosphere.

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ENTITIES OF CONCERN

In March 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned a
Turkey-based network for supplying Iran’s UAV and missile programs. The
Department of Justice unsealed an indictment targeting the same network.

[7]Amanallah Paidar

An Iranian national; involved in procuring equipment for Iran's UAV and
weapons programs, including for the [8]Defense Technology and Science
Research Center; controls [9]Farazan Industrial Engineering, Inc.; indicted
in the United States on May 3, 2018, for his alleged involvement in a
conspiracy to procure and export U.S. technology to Iran through companies
in Turkey.

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[11]Murat Bukey

A Turkish national; supported Amanallah Paidar in his procurement efforts;
controls Ozone Aviation and Defense Industry Inc.; also indicted on May 3,
2018; pleaded guilty in December 2022 and sentenced to 28 months in prison
in March 2023.

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[13]Ozone Aviation and Defense Industry Inc.

A Turkey-based company used by Murat Bukey to facilitate business with
Iran; de facto successor to Ozon Spor Ve Hobi Urunleri (Ozone Hobby), a
dormant company also indicted on May 3, 2018, together with Bukey, Paidar,
and Farazan Industrial Engineering, Inc.

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IN THE NEWS

[15]Shahed 136 wreckage

The airframe of a Shahed-136 (Geran-2) documented by Conflict Armament
Research in July, which had a different structure than earlier versions.
(Credit: Conflict Armament Research)

[16]Iran Unveils Mohajer-10 Drone Capable of Flying for 24 Hours | Islamic
Republic News Agency

August 22, 2023: At a ceremony marking Defense Industry Day, Iran unveiled
a new UAV called the Mohajer-10, which it said had an operational range of
2,000 km and a payload capacity of 300 kg. During the ceremony, President
Ebrahim Raisi also ordered the delivery of two ballistic missile systems,
the Khorramshahr and the Haj Qassem, to the armed forces and the Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

[17]Iran Slows Buildup of Uranium Needed for Weapon | Wall Street Journal

August 11, 2023: Iran has slowed the pace at which it is accumulating
uranium enriched to 60 percent purity and has diluted some of its existing
stockpile. The move may be part of a broader effort between the United
States and Iran to reduce tensions. Iran still has enough 60 percent
material for at least two nuclear weapons if it were enriched further.

[18]Russia Is Replicating Iranian Drones and Using Them to Attack Ukraine |
New York Times

August 10, 2023: Russia has begun producing its own variant of the
Shahed-136 one-way attack drone. Specialists at Conflict Armament Research,
an independent weapon tracking group, examined the wreckage of two drones
in late July that appeared to be Shahed-136 models but contained different
materials from those known to have been made in Iran. They also had
electronic modules that matched ones previously found in other Russian-made
drones.

FROM THE LIBRARY

The United States and Iran [19]reached a deal to release five U.S. citizens
detained in Iran, the full implementation of which is expected to take
several weeks.
* U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken [20]said that the $6 billion of
Iranian funds that would be unfrozen could “only be used for humanitarian
purposes” and that the United States would continue to enforce all of its
sanctions - August 10.
* [21]Secretary Blinken later said that, despite the prisoner deal, the
two countries had not reached any agreement on the nuclear issue, which is
“an entirely separate matter” - August 15.

Western countries announced new sanctions targeting Iran’s drone program.
* The [22]United Kingdom designated [23]Paravar Pars Company and its
directors, stating that the company has been involved in the development of
Iranian UAVs used by Russia to target Ukrainian civilians - August 8.
* Canada [24]sanctioned seven individuals, including three members of the
board of directors of [25]Qods Aviation Industries - August 8.

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