122mm Arash/Hadid/Noor

The Arash and Hadid are Iranian 122mm unguided artillery rockets, reverse-engineered from the Soviet BM-21 Grad rocket. They are fired from multiple rocket launchers and are used by Iran and its allies for area saturation fire.

Developed by Iran's Defense Industries Organization during the late 1980s and 1990s, these 122mm rockets were created to establish domestic self-sufficiency in rocket artillery following the supply constraints of the Iran-Iraq War. The rocket family entered active service in the 1990s, manufactured primarily by the Hadid Industrial Complex and the Aerospace Industries Organization. These munitions have seen extensive combat deployment across the Middle East, most notably used by Hezbollah during the 2006 Lebanon War, as well as by various factions in the Syrian Civil War and the Yemeni conflict. Today, they remain a cornerstone of Iran's tactical rocket inventory and have served as the technological baseline for Iran's development of newer precision-guided artillery systems.