New York Times : Iran established a secret missile research facility

The New York Times reports that Iran has established a secret missile research facility in the desert where it may be developing technology for long-range missiles.

California-based experts came to this conclusion after diving deep into Iranian state-based news, particularly coverage of the late military scientist Gen. Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam. Moghaddam was killed in an explosion at Iran’s long-range missile facility in 2011, which many experts saw as a major roadblock to Tehran’s long-range missile research.

But, based on the analysis from the California researchers, Moghaddam set up a second, secret facility deep in the desert shortly before his death and it is allegedly fully operational.