{
  "id": "shahid-mahdavi",
  "name": "Shahid Mahdavi",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "naval",
  "country": "IRN",
  "category": "Aircraft carrier",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 2023,
  "operators": [
    "IRN"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 1,
  "summary": "The Shahid Mahdavi Iranian Aircraft Carrier is a former Iranian flagged container ship that was converted into a warship at the Iran Shipbuilding & Offshore industries Complex Company (ISOICO) at Bandar Abbas.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": 240,
      "src": [
        "weg-shahid-mahdavi"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "beam_m",
      "v": 27,
      "src": [
        "weg-shahid-mahdavi"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Draft",
      "section": "dims",
      "v": "7.7 m",
      "src": [
        "weg-shahid-mahdavi"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "displacement_t",
      "v": 36000,
      "src": [
        "weg-shahid-mahdavi"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Displacement (full load)"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "NBC Water Washdown System",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Yes",
      "src": [
        "weg-shahid-mahdavi"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Main Weapon System",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "Reporting indicates that the ship is equipped with medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBMs), from the Zulfiqar class, dubbed Dezful. The containers can reportedly host missiles other than the Dezful-type missiles, which are capable of precisely hitting targets…",
      "src": [
        "weg-shahid-mahdavi"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Aviation",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "The ship can host speedboats, helicopters, and unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as defensive weapons.",
      "src": [
        "weg-shahid-mahdavi"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [],
  "art": "carrier",
  "image": {
    "file": "shahid-mahdavi.jpg",
    "thumb": "shahid-mahdavi-thumb.jpg",
    "credit": "Ali Khara",
    "license": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2018_Sacred_Defence_Week_parade_in_Bandar_Abbas_(03).jpg",
    "title": "File:2018 Sacred Defence Week parade in Bandar Abbas (03).jpg"
  },
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Added photo (CC BY 4.0)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/shahid-mahdavi.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-shahid-mahdavi": {
      "title": "Shahid Mahdavi Iranian Aircraft Carrier  ",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/Shahid_Mahdavi_Iranian_Aircraft_Carrier",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}