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Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-missiles-programme-specialreport/special-report-inside-irans-secret-project-to-produce-aluminium-powder-for-missiles-idUSKBN23V1K1

Secret Iranian Facility Makes Solid Fuel for Missiles

(Reuters) Bozorgmehr Sharafedin - At a site near Jajarm in northeast Iran, a secret facility set up by Iran's Revolutionary Guards is producing aluminum powder for use in its missile program, according to Amir Moghadam, a former Iranian official, and documents he shared with Reuters. Aluminum powder, derived from bauxite, is a key ingredient in solid-fuel propellants used to launch missiles. Moghadam, who left Iran in 2018 and now lives in France, said he wanted to expose the program because he believed Iran's missile ambitions were not in the interests of the Iranian people.

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