The "Zulfikar-73" project, initiated by the dead Tehrani-Moghadam, was designed to increase the range of precision missiles from 150 to 180 kilometers.
Hamid Haji-Esfandyari, a comrade in arms of the killed Tehrani-Moghadam, said in the program "Eternal Man" on Channel 3:
🔹After the end of the Iran-Iraq war, in light of the country's operational needs, a missile with higher accuracy was purchased from the Scud and Shahab families from abroad. Although its accuracy was reasonable, it was limited to a range of 150 kilometers, which prevented it from hitting targets beyond that distance.
🔹In 1994, in order to cover targets within a range of 180 kilometers around the borders, the deceased Tehrani-Moghadam decided to extend the range of the missile through the efforts of local scientists and experts.
🔹Relying on his in-depth knowledge of missile programs within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Ministry of Defense and the private sector, he assembled a special team and took command of this project, called "Zulfikar-73".
🔹As the first effort of its kind, the main strategy of the project was to increase the range of the missile through software and computational adjustments related to internal and external ballistics. without physical changes in its structure.