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Iranian Commander Acknowledges Use of North Korean Scuds

November 30, 2006 :: Jane's Information Group :: Analysis

Yahya Rahim Safavi, commander-in-chief of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), recently acknowledged that the IRGC had procured Scud-B and Scud-C short-range ballistic missiles from North Korea during the Iran-Iraq War during the 1980s, reports David C. Isby in Jane’s Missiles and Rockets. While the supply of these missiles has been known for years, “the fact that a high-level official has drawn public attention to Iran’s missile-related relationship with North Korea may be significant.” In the past, Iran has frequently stressed that its weapon developments have been indigenous, even when this was patently not the case. “The new acknowledgement of past co-operation may reflect current indebtedness to North Korean technology in the development of the Shahab-3 ballistic missile or even weapons of mass destruction,” writes Isby

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