Iran's war against the US and Israel is being fueled by North Korean weapons, expert warns

The Islamic Republic of Iran’s immense rocket strategy is nan brainchild of nan U.S.-designated state-sponsor of terrorism, nan communist North Korea regime, which useful manus successful mitt pinch Iran, according to 1 of nan world’s starring experts connected nan Iran-North Korea strategical alliance.

"The rocket launched astatine Diego Garcia was a Musudan. The Iranians bought 19 of these from nan North Koreans and took transportation successful 2005. They person had this capacity since 2005 — and this is nary ‘secret weapon,"’ Bruce Bechtol, who co-authored pinch Anthony Celso nan groundbreaking book "Rogue Allies: The Strategic Partnership Between Iran and North Korea," told Fox News Digital.

Fox News Digital reported past week that Iran significantly escalated its warfare effort against nan U.S. pinch its motorboat of 2 intermediate-range ballistic missiles toward Diego Garcia—roughly 2,500 miles from Iran.

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Kim pictured visiting a awesome munitions depot successful an image released successful December 2025.  (KCNA via Reuters )

Bechtol said, "The astir important threat from Iran arsenic nan warfare pinch nan United States and Israel has evolved has been nan ballistic missiles, launched not only astatine U.S. accommodation and Israeli cities, but besides astatine neighboring Islamic countries. Thus, it is important to see this capacity and wherever Iran sewage it."

He said, "The short-range ballistic missiles that Iran has launched astatine cardinal U.S. accommodation and astatine neighboring Arab states see a cardinal strategy – nan "QIAM."  The QIAM was developed and improved pinch North Korean assistance… North Korea has proliferated a batch to Iran that we are seeing correct now successful nan war."

Here is nan motorboat of an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Shahab-3 medium-range rocket during a trial astatine an undisclosed location connected Monday, Sept. 28, 2009. (AP Photo)

The associated U.S.-Israeli warfare against Iran’s regime, nan world’s worst state-sponsor of terrorism, according to nan U.S. State Department, has entered its 5th week of combat.

Bechtol, who is simply a professor of governmental subject successful nan Department of Security Studies at Angelo State University successful Texas, noted that, according to the Wisconsin Project, North Korea had constructed a ample rocket trial installation astatine Emamshahr, a metropolis successful nan Fars Province in Iran, and a search installation astatine Tabas successful South Khorasan province.

He said that North Korea aided Iran pinch important exertion "for targets farther distant from Iran."

"The North Koreans proliferated astir 150 No Dong systems to Iran successful nan precocious 1990s. The Iranians were apparently very happy pinch nan missiles nan North Koreans provided them, and, pursuing nan earlier precedent of nan Scud C factory, contracted pinch Pyongyang to build a No Dong installation successful Iran.

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Bechtol continued, "The Iranians called this "new" rocket nan Shahab-3. The Shahab-3 is almost an nonstop transcript of nan No Dong. Once nan Shahab-3 was up and running, nan North Koreans moved guardant pinch nan Iranians successful improving its scope and lethality."

He said, "With assistance from nan North Koreans, nan Iranians were past capable to nutrient (at nan No Dong facility) nan Emad and nan Ghadr. The Emad has a scope of 1,750 kilometers (approx 1,087 miles) and nan Ghadr has a scope of 1,950 kilometers (approximately 1,212 miles.) The Iranians person utilized these 2 systems to target not only Israel, but their Arab neighbors (including U.S. bases located successful these countries) passim nan ongoing first stages of this conflict."

A Ghadr-H missile, center, a Sejjil rocket and a image of nan Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are connected show for nan yearly Defense Week, marking nan 37th day of nan 1980s Iran-Iraq war, astatine Baharestan Sq. successful Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017 (AP)

Bechtol said that nan North Koreans spawned an Iranian rocket warhead that weighs a ton and a half to 2 tons connected nan powerful Khorramshahr-4. "There is different strategy tin of hitting Israel that has been moreover much lethal than immoderate of nan systems described frankincense far. This strategy is called nan ‘Khorramshahr,’ and nan 4th type of this system, appropriately called nan ‘Khorramshahr-4,’ has been proven to transportation a warhead larger than immoderate different successful Iran’s rocket inventory, equipped pinch what appears to beryllium cluster munitions," he said.

He described nan strategic partnership, noting: "North Korea is nan seller and Iran is nan buyer. North Korea proliferates weapons systems, technology, parts and components, technicians, engineers and specialists and subject capabilities (such arsenic nan building of underground facilities) to Iran. Iran pays North Korea pinch rate and oil. Simple arsenic that."

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Residents and officers from Israel's Home Front Command inspect a location destroyed by an Iranian rocket onslaught successful Zarzir, bluish Israel, Friday, March 13, 2026. (Ariel Schalit/AP Photo)

Bechtol said nan only measurement to extremity this is done sanctions enforcement against North Korea. "The sanctions that are needed are already connected nan books. But nan USA and our cardinal friends request to robustly enforce them. We request to spell aft banks, beforehand companies and cyber entities successful bid to compression nan money and incorporate aliases destruct nan proviso chain."

He said, "More accent needs to beryllium placed, and much action needs to beryllium taken utilizing nan Proliferation Security Initiative — an underused facet of preventing North Korea's arms from flowing to rogue nations and violent groups.  If you trim disconnected nan proviso chain, you cut disconnected nan proliferation."