Iranian ballistic missile operations: 2024-2026
A report from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies tracks a significant increase in Iranian ballistic missile operations between 2024 and 2026. The data highlights a resumption of strikes following a brief pause, coinciding with broader regional conflicts.
Why it matters
Understanding the frequency and nature of Iranian missile activity is essential for assessing regional military threats and defense strategies.
Over the past two years, the Islamic Republic has engaged in at least 15 distinct ballistic missile operations from its territory against foreign targets. These attacks, starting in January 2024, ended a one-year pause (2023) in known ballistic missile attacks from Iranian territory. However, the resumption of attacks in 2024, as the Middle East became engulfed in a series of wars and widening cycles of violence after the October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel, continues a trend of increasing Iranian missile operations in the region from 2017–2022.
The source, FDD, is a think tank known for a hawkish stance on Iran, which influences the framing of the data.
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