[1] On 22 May 2011, Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi announced that the missile was being delivered to the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, although a US report noted deliveries in May 2010.

[3] The integration of GPS or another navigation system could be used to reduce preparation time and improve accuracy by better locating the missile in relation to its target.

Apart from the decreased CEP (circular error probability) value and greater range, the technical features of the new missile have also changed, according to the information provided.

The upgraded version of the Qiam missile has a 600 kilogram warhead and can reportedly travel at a speed of 1,935 meters per second.

[13][1][14] The Qiam 1 was used in combat for the first time on 17 June 2017 when Iran targeted Islamic State militants in Syria as retaliation for earlier bomb attacks in Tehran.

[16] Qiam 1 missiles also struck US/Iraqi Al Asad Airbase in Iraq on 8 January 2020,[17] destroying a Black Hawk helicopter, an air control tower and several tents.

[18] Two American soldiers who had been manning guard towers were blown from their posts and wounded during the missile attacks,[19] and it was later disclosed that 109 US servicemen suffered traumatic brain injury.

[24] The strike was in retaliation for the killing of General Qasem Soleimani during an attack launched by the USAF with an MQ-9 Reaper drone on 3 January 2020.