Iran has allegedly been covertly creating nuclear weapons with a 1,800-mile radius that could reach Europe based on designs created by North Korea.
The designed given to the Islamic regime by the authoritarian country reveal the middle-eastern state has been developing the nuclear missiles.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) revealed the details of how the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) are growing their warhead programme, The Telegraph reports.
They have said two sites have been disguised as communication satellite launch facilities, but are being utilised to expedite the manufacture of the missiles.
It is believed they are controlled by Iran’s nuclear weapons division – the Organisation for Advanced Defence Research (SPND).
Soona Samsami, a US representative of the NCRI told the publications that the Iranian group were ‘masters of lies, deception and evasion.’
‘For over two decades, they have used negotiations and the West’s leniency as a means to advance their nuclear weapons programme, threatening global peace and stability,’ she said.
‘Tehran has never been as weak and vulnerable as it is today. The desperate Iranian regime is thus speeding up the development of nuclear weapons.
Iran has allegedly been covertly creating nuclear weapons with a 1,800-mile radius that could reach Europe according to designs created by North Korea
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)’s on 24 January 2025 shows soldiers firing anti-aircraft artillery during a military exercise in the Persian Gulf, southern Iran
‘Now is the time to hold the regime accountable for internal killings, regional warmongering, and nuclear weapons development,’ she added.
Around 22 miles away from the Iranian city of Shahrud, the first warhead base is located.
Here experts from the SPND and IRGC Aerospace Force have been working on a nuclear missile which would be able to travel 1,800 miles in a Ghaem-100 rocket.
Being able to transport such artillery in a fuelled rocket would permit Iran to target areas into Europe with countries such as Greece or its enemy state Israel withing range.
According to the Telegraph, there have been three successful rocket launches thus far, with test for the more advanced Ghaem-105 rocket set to happen over the next few months.
Past tests were carried out in the guise of being satellite launches in a bid to secretly carry out the trial, the NCRI have said.
Image taken by Google Earth show a concrete platform used in the experiments, with buildings nearby thought to be used for related research.
IRGC carrying out a military exercise in the Persian Gult, southern Iran on January 24, 2025
Another site is located around 43 miles southeast the city of Semnan is being used to produced Simorgh missiles inspired North Korean designs – similar to their 18-metre tall UNHA-1 rocket.
A large portion of the area are located beneath the ground to hide any work being done from intelligence surveillance, with the base slowly growing since 2005 as six new constructions being built in the last ten years.
To conceal the site further, the regime have called the location – the Imam Khomini site – as an ode to the country’s space governing body, but are instead carrying out warhead tests.
Pictures distributed by the NCRI showcase a large area of the ground of the northeastern part of the base being dug out in 2019, with concrete foundations spotted being placed afterwards.
Other snaps from seven years prior show the structure showered with dirt.
The NCRI claim the SPNDs have seen an increase in the subterranean explosions from missile productions being monitores.
Press were once allowed to go to the site, where they saw IRGC soldiers sporting normal clothing, but only emerged with a few photos after images were taken by those working for the regime
Both locations have been are military bases and follow security regulations to avoid guests finding out the work being carried out at the sites.
Staff are said to come to the outer gate several miles away from the main site in private vehicles from several surrounding cities including Tehran.
After passing the checkpoint, workers are then ushered in via bus by the IRGC to as an extra layer to their maximum security procedures.
