‼️🇺🇸🏴‍☠️🇮🇱💥🇮🇷 The USA and Israel attacked a 💥 uranium concentrate production plant in Iran, no release of radioactive elements was detected, reports the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran

🇮🇷⚔️🇮🇱🇺🇸 Nearly one month into the 3rd Gulf War and Iran hasn't used its most sophisticated missiles and the eastern missile bases

Iran’s defence ministry unveiled its newest missile, the Qassem Basir, in May last year, with the fiery claim that it would allow Iran to strike enemies “wherever they are and whenever necessary”.

With a manoeuvrable 500kg warhead, fitted with an optically guided “terminal seeker” which cannot be electronically jammed, it is one of the most advanced missiles in Iran’s arsenal.

Yet nearly a month into Iran’s war with Israel and the US in the Gulf, it has not seen combat.

Analysts say it is among a handful of very advanced missiles that have largely sat out the war this far because Iran is waiting for the right opportunity to use them.

Tehran’s strike last week on the Ras Laffan liquefied natural gas facility in Qatar has underlined the risks for many Gulf states. The attack used several missiles equipped with manoeuvrable warheads, according to a person briefed on the attack.

“Tehran may be holding some of its most capable systems in reserve, though inventories of these newer missiles are likely limited,” said Jim Lamson, a senior research associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies and a former CIA analyst.

Lamson said the advanced missiles that have yet to see action include the Qassem Basir, the Etemad — another manoeuvrable missile based on the older Emad missile — and the Fattah-2, based on the earlier Fattah-1. According to Iranian claims, the Fattah-2 boasts a hypersonic glide vehicle, which would be very difficult to intercept.

The Raad-500, a manoeuvrable short-range missile, has so far not been used in the Gulf, Lamson said, based on publicly available data.

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