The "Zulfikar 73" project to increase the range of precision missiles from 150 to 180 km, was initiated by Shahid Tehrani Mujadam.
"Hamid Haji Espandiari" Shahid Tehrani Mujadam's friend in Channel 3's "Merd Abdi" program:
After the end of the imposed war and in accordance with the operational needs of the country, a missile with a higher accuracy than that of the Scud family and the Shaab was trained from abroad, which, although it had good accuracy, was limited to a range of 150 kilometers and did not allow hitting targets beyond this radius.
In 1373, with the aim of covering the targets within a radius of 180 kilometers around the borders, Shahid Tehrani Mujadam decided to increase the range of this missile by domestic scientists and experts.
He established a special team and took personal responsibility for this project, which was named "Zolfikar 73", due to the complete aristocracy he had over the missile systems in the Revolutionary Guards, the Ministry of Defense and the private sector.
In this project, which was implemented as the first experiment of its kind, the main strategy was to improve the range without making physical changes and disturbing the structure of the missile's body, through software reforms and calculation in the internal and external ballistic field.