Iran:
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Since 2007, six of the country's top nuclear scientists and researchers have been killed and one has been wounded under mysterious circumstances. Additionally 1 Top Rocket Scientist (Father of Irans Missile program Shahid Tehrani Moghaddam) killed and 17 other of his companions in 2011.
List of Sabotage Actions:
Iran's Missile Industry:
1. Explosion at Missile Base near Tehran (2011) - Impact: High: Caused significant damage to the missile base and its infrastructure.
2. Explosion at Parchin Military Complex (2014) - Impact: High: Caused damage to a facility suspected of being used for missile development and testing.
3. Cyberattacks on Iran's Missile Program (Various) - Impact: High: Disrupted Iran's missile development and testing programs.
4. Assassination of Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam (2011) - Impact: Very High: Killed a prominent missile scientist and disrupted missile development efforts.
5. Explosion at Khojir Missile Production Complex (2020) - Impcat: High: Caused significant damage to a missile production facility.
6. Explosion at Natanz Nuclear Facility (2020) - Impact: Normal: While primarily a nuclear facility, it also housed missile research, but the missile program impact was not the primary target.
7. Cyberattacks on Iran's Missile Program (2021) - Impact: High: Ongoing cyberattacks disrupted missile development and testing efforts.
Iran's Nuclear Industry:
1. Stuxnet Cyberattack (2009-2010) - Impact: Very High: Significantly disrupted Iran's uranium enrichment program.
2. Explosion at Natanz Facility (2010) - Impact: High: Caused damage and temporarily halted enrichment activities.
3. Explosion in Isfahan Facility (2011) - Impact: Normal: Limited information available on the impact.
4. Cyberattack on Iranian Nuclear Facilities (2012) - Impact: Normal: Specific impact details not widely disclosed.
5. Fire at Natanz Nuclear Facility (2020) - Impact:High: Caused significant damage to the Natanz enrichment facility.
6. Assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh (2020) - Impact: Very High: Eliminated a key nuclear scientist and disrupted research.
7. Cyberattack on Iran's Ports and Infrastructure (2021) Impact: Normal: Disrupted non-nuclear infrastructure.
8. Explosion at Natanz Enrichment Plant (2021) - Impact: High: Caused damage and disrupted enrichment operations.
9. Drone Attack on Karaj Nuclear Facility (2021) - Impact: High: Targeted a nuclear facility outside Natanz.
10. Attack on Iran's Natanz Nuclear Facility (2021) - Impact: High: Caused damage and disrupted enrichment activities.
11. Drone Attack on Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Plant (2021) - Impact: Normal: Limited information available on the impact.
Conflicts Iran defending against Western Plans and hegemony in the Region:
1. Fighting against a Syrian overthrow in favour of a western friendly ally by West
2. Fighting in Iraq US troops (nearly pulled them out with help of resistance)
3. Support in Yemen against the Saudi Led Invasion
4. Kurdish insurgents and Groups in Syria and specially North Iraq
5. Fight Against ISIS and decisive Victory
6. Support of Palestinian Resistance against Israel
7. Dealing with frequent Israeli Airstrikes against Iranian Infrastructure
8. Dealing with US Navy in the Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf and Hormuz
9. Dealing with Panturkism on the northern borders
10. Supported taliban in the end game of Afghanistan war which lead to the total defeat of US forces in Afghanistan
11. Support of Hezbollah in Lebanon
TurkeySanctions:
Limited number of sanctions against turkey
List of Sabotage Actions:
Turkeys Missile Industry:
1. No Sabotage: technological access to Western technology
Turkeys Nuclear Ambitions:
1. No Sabotage: limited technological access to Western and World technology
Conflicts Turkey defending against Western Plans and hegemony in the Region:
1. Refugee Problem from Syria
2. Northern Syria border control
3. Kurdish insurgents and Groups in Syria and specially North Iraq
4. Defending Interests in Lybia
5. Greece border disputes
Conclusion:
Iran owns the most advanced missiles due to all these enemy actions in military field and is going to develop high payload Vehicles in the near future. Irans Space program was nearly shut down for some years due to financial issues but for now Iran is going for another attempt. This is the reason why Iran had no progress over a certain period.
I think the lack of support plays a larger role than sanctions. Surely, Iran is a tech powerhouse in the middle east. If they had wanted, they would have a far more capable SLV.
Space is not cheap and require significant investments. For now Iran seems to be more interested in investing in ballistic missiles.