Shahed-238
Iranian jet-powered Shahed aircraft identified by Ukraine’s military intelligence as the predecessor/analogue of Russia’s Geran-3.
- Country / region
- Iran
- Programme status
- See profile
- Sources reviewed
- 21 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- One-way aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Iranian manufacturer not established in the reviewed platform source
- Origin / production countries
- Iran
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Geran-3 is a related Russian localisation, covered separately.
- Operators / programme customers
- Not identified in reviewed sources
Evidence & current status
Official recognition is strong; current Iranian service scale and variant performance remain unresolved. Status deliberately does not infer a fleet from exhibition or foreign derivative evidence.
Role & capabilities
- Jet-powered one-way aircraft
Specifications in context
- Airframe
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Launch / recovery
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Propulsion
- Jet propulsion
GUR explicitly identifies the Iranian aircraft as jet-powered; no engine model or Russian performance transferred.
Source - Dimensions
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Mass
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Endurance
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Range
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Speed
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Altitude
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Payload
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Sensors
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Communications / navigation
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source