Shahab-5 ( fa, شهاب ۵, meaning "Meteor-5") is

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

ian long-range

ballistic missile A ballistic missile is a type of missile that uses projectile motion to deliver warheads on a target. These weapons are guided only during relatively brief periods—most of the flight is unpowered. Short-range ballistic missiles stay within the ...

, that was rumoured to exist as early as 1998. Estimated to be based on the North Korean

Taepodong-2 The Taepodong-2 (TD-2, also spelled as Taep'o-dong 2)
Federation of American Scientists, May 30, 2008 ( ko, � ...

with a first stage based on the Soviet

RD-0216 The RD-0216 and RD-0217 are liquid rocket engines, burning N2O4 and UDMH in the oxidizer rich staged combustion cycle. The only difference between the RD-0216 and the RD-0217 is that the latter has not a heat exchanger to heat the pressuring ga ...

. Potential range of the missile is estimated to be between 4,000 and 4,300 km with a warhead payload of 700 to 1,000 kg.Iranian Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Birth of a Regional Nuclear Arms Race?
Anthony H. Cordesman & Adam C. Seitz, ABC-CLIO, 2009, page 123

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