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Iran has history of dealings with several countries (including North Korea) for acquiring missile related technologies. This is not surprising.
Here is good source: Iran's Ballistic Missile Program | The Iran Primer
Under the shah, Iran had the largest air force in the Gulf, including more than 400 combat aircraft. But Iran’s deep-strike capability degraded rapidly after the break in ties with the West limited access to spare parts, maintenance, pilot training and advanced armaments. So Tehran turned to missiles to deal with an immediate war-time need after Iraq’s 1980 invasion. Iran acquired Soviet-made Scud-Bs, first from Libya, then from Syria and North Korea. It used these 300-km missiles against Iraq from 1985 until the war ended in 1988.
Since the war, Tehran has steadily expanded its missile arsenal. It has also invested heavily in its own industries and infrastructure to lessen dependence on unreliable foreign sources. It is now able to produce its own missiles, although some key components still need to be imported. Iran has demonstrated that it can also significantly expand the range of acquired missiles, as it has done with Nodong missiles from North Korea, which it then renamed. Iran’s missiles can already hit any part of the Middle East, including Israel. Over time, Tehran has established the capacity to create missiles to address a full range of strategic objectives.
And before any fellow Iranian member dismisses this source for being some Zoinist propaganda, please do read this:
Here is further verification:
In 1984, North Korea conducted a series of tests of Hwasong-5 prototypes from the Musudan-ri flight-test facility, reportedly totaling three successful and three failed launches.5 Serial production of the Hwasong-5 probably began around 1985–86 and continued until around 1991–92, when serial production of the extended range Scud-C (Hwasong-6) missile began, most likely using the same facilities, materials and equipment previously used for the Hwasong-5. Early versions of the Hwasong-5 were delivered to Iran for use during the Iran–Iraq War, which provided the opportunity for North Korean engineers to collect valuable data on the operational use of this missile and to improve production.
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By the early 1990s, the deployment of Hwasong-6 missile units gave North Korea the ability to strike targets throughout South Korea with high-explosive or CBW warheads. A new missile design would be needed to reach targets in Japan and to deliver a nuclear warhead. To meet these requirements, North Korea embarked on a programme in the late 1980s to build a new missile, known as the No-dong, with a range of 1,000–1,300km and payload of 700–1,000kg. In addition to meeting North Korean security requirements, the missile proved a popular export item, both for existing customers, such as Iran, and for new customers, such as Pakistan.
Source: http://www.iiss.org/publications/st...***/north-koreas-ballistic-missile-programme/
Pakistani Ghauri missiles are believed to be based on North Korean No-dong missile technology, which in turn is based on Russian scud missile technology.
Furthermore, some nice detail here;
North Korea’s missile exports to Iran began during the Iran–Iraq War when North Korea shipped Scud-B missiles (designated the Shahab-1 by Iran) and mobile launchers to Iran in 1987 for use against Iraq in the ‘War of the Cities’. In the early 1990s, North Korea provided Iran Scud-C missiles (designated the Shahab*2) and helped Iran to establish an indigenous missile production infrastructure, in exchange for money and oil. In 1993, North Korea negotiated with Iran for the sale of No-dong missiles, but the exports were delayed, perhaps because of warnings from Washington that No-dong transfers to Iran could derail negotiations for the Agreed Framework, which were taking place at the same time. In 1995 however, after the conclusion of the Agreed Framework, North Korea began exporting No*dong missiles to Iran and helped Iran develop its own version of the No-dong, which Tehran designated the Shahab-3. The North Korean sale of No-dong missiles to Iran prompted Washington to begin a series of negotiations with Pyongyang, seeking an agreement to end Nort, h Korean missile exports, but the two sides were never able to reach agreement on the amount and type of ‘compensation’ that North Korea would receive for ending missile-related exports. North Korea may have provided Taepo-dong technology to Iran, but this cannot be confirmed.
Source: http://www.iiss.org/publications/st...***/north-koreas-ballistic-missile-programme/
Thanks Legend for proving me right.
Its fun to debate blind nationalists and I love deflating their hot air.
