Iran has resumed production of ballistic missiles using components accumulated before the war and underground production facilities. This is reported by The Wall Street Journal, citing American and Middle Eastern officials.
According to U.S. intelligence, active missile assembly resumed around mid-June — immediately after a ceasefire with the United States. Iran is producing both liquid-fueled and solid-fueled missiles, indicating parallel work on multiple production lines.
Activity has been detected at several underground facilities, including the Khojir missile complex in the southeastern part of the country. Tehran is also attempting to create new underground production sites — a move that complicates monitoring and potential future strikes.
Production remains limited
According to WSJ sources, Iran is currently producing significantly fewer missiles than before the war. Some factories and infrastructure were damaged by U.S. and Israeli strikes, and a naval blockade has complicated the import of necessary components.
In the spring, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed that Iran's missile program had been "essentially destroyed" and the country lacked the capability to produce new missiles.
Iran's missile program has been essentially destroyed.
The White House did not directly respond to WSJ's question about resumed production, instead stating that Iranian armed forces have been seriously weakened overall.
What this means
Resuming assembly at underground facilities with limited capacity is a typical scenario of adaptation to strikes: the country is not restoring pre-war production rates, but is preserving its technological chain and personnel. The key question now is whether Iran will be able to resume component imports despite the naval blockade, and whether the current production level will become the basis for faster scaling up if the ceasefire with the U.S. collapses.
