Claim: Iran ordered 90 missile launch systems from Russia in 2024-2025

In the report of the Financial Times (FT) newspaper, it was claimed that an order for a missile launch system for Iran was included in the 2024-2025 production calendar of one of Russia's leading defense industry manufacturers.

The news included the claim that Vympel, one of Russia's leading missile and launch systems designer companies, sent a letter to the Russian defense industry organization KB Mashinostroyeniya (KBM), demanding that the deliveries of components for the "APU-L" and "APU-305" type missile launch systems be accelerated, and warned that delays could put nine contracts at risk.

In the production schedule attached to the letter, it was reported that 7 of the customers were Russian and 2 were "foreign". It was claimed that China ordered 192 "APU-305" type missile launch systems, and the buyer codenamed "K-10", which is used to identify Iran in Russian defense documents, ordered 90 "APU-L" type missile launch systems.

On the other hand, it was stated that there was no information in the production documents as to whether the delivery to Iran was eventually made.