| Year/Date |
Importer |
Item(s) |
Remarks |
1980s
|
Iran
|
About 100 Scud missile launchers
|
|
Late 1984- Early 1985
|
Iran
|
Technical assistance for Scud-B production facility
|
In October 1983 Iran and North Korea reach agreement for assistance in setting up missile production capability.
|
1987-88
|
Iran
|
100 modified Scud-B missiles and 12 TELs
|
|
1987
|
Iran
|
Technical assistance for modified Scud-B production
|
|
1987-88
|
Iran
|
Unknown number of HY-2 Silkworm anti-ship missiles
|
Agreement signed in 1986; some believe that the missiles were supplied by China, but Beijing insists Pyongyang was supplier.
|
1987-92
|
Iran
|
200-300 Scud-B missiles
|
|
| 1988-98 |
Iran |
100 M-1985 multiple rocket launchers (MRL) |
|
Early 1988
|
Iran
|
40 Scud-B missiles
|
Probably part of the 100 Scuds reportedly shipped in 1987-1988.
|
1988
January
|
Iran
|
four Styx anti-ship missiles and at least one HY-2 Silkworm anti-ship missile
|
|
1988
February
|
Iran
|
80 HY-2 Silkworm anti ship missiles and 40 Scud-B missiles
|
Report says missiles came from both China and North Korea.
|
Early 1990
|
Iran
|
20 Scud-B missiles
|
|
1990
December
|
Iran
|
Missile technicians
|
North Korean technicians arrive in eastern Iran to convert a missile maintenance facility into a missile production plant.
|
1991
February
|
Iran (and Iraq)
|
100 Scud missiles
|
Unlikely; two Iranian aircraft, loaded with 50 Scuds each, reportedly deliver cargo to Iran and Iraq. However, 50 Scud missiles cannot fit on these aircraft, and Iran was unlikely to have cooperated with Iraq at this time.
|
1991
|
Iran
|
170 Scud-C missiles
|
Uncertain; Iran probably had not received all 170 missiles by 1991 because, according to estimates, North Korea would not have been able to produce 170 Scud-C missiles by this time.
|
1992
March
|
Iran
|
Unknown; suspected Scud-B missiles
|
US officials suspect Iranian ship with Scud missiles travels from Singapore to the Iranian port of Char Bahar.
|
1992
Second Half
|
Iran
|
A few Nodong-1 prototypes
|
|
1992
October
|
Iran
|
100 Scud-C missiles
|
Half of the Scud-C shipment possibly transferred to Syria.
|
1993
|
Iran
|
Unknown number of Scud-C missiles
|
Possibly the same shipment of 100 Scud-Cs reported in late October 1992.
|
1994
Mid to Late
|
Iran
|
Nodong-1 components or a small number of complete missiles
|
In April 1993 North Korea reportedly agreed to sell 150 Nodongs to Iran in exchange for access to test facilities and financial support.
|
Late 1994-Early 1995
|
Iran
|
At least four Scud-C TELs and possibly a Nodong MEL
|
|
1995
Early
|
Iran
|
At least 12 Nodong missiles
|
Based on an Israeli intelligence report; in April 1996, Jane’s Defense Weekly reports that North Korea may have exported as many as 20 Nodongs.
|
1997
|
Iran
|
Unknown missile components
|
|
1997
Early
|
Iran
|
Computer software for Nodong production
|
|
1999
November
|
Iran
|
12-20 Nodong engines
|
|
2001
March
|
Iran
|
engines and airframes; unspecified number of missile components
|
US reconnaissance satellite detects missile components being loaded onto an Iranian Il-76 transport plane at Sunan International Airport near Pyongyang.
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