Comrade Mohsen Rezaei 12-Jan-1993 Buyer of N.Korean missiles. Head of the terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guards. A profiteer of "nonprofit" Martyr foundation. [Bonyâd Mostazafân va Jânbâzân]

18-Apr: Islamic regime provides N.Korea with $500 million for missile development in exchange for an unknown number of nuclear bombs and plans for nuclear weapons reprocessing plants.
29-May: N.Korea's successful launched ballistic missiles from Musudan test base on eastern coast near Nodong with Islamic Revolutionary Guards present. Nodong-1 (also known as the Scud-D) ground-to-ground missile has a range of 1,000 to 1,300 km.
16-Jun: IRGC commander General Mohsen Rezai holds talks with N.Korean defense chiefs in Pyongyang, and urges closer ties between the two nations. They sign a plan for scientific, technological, educational, and cultural exchange.
17-Jun: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, a Saudi paper based in London, reports that there is a tripartite deal between Iraq, Iran, and N.Korea in which Islamic regime will transship Iraqi oil to N.Korea through the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. The deal is worth $120 million, and its proceeds are to be divided equally between Iran and Iraq. The Iranian portion will be transferred to the N.Korean bank, Changgwang, and is to finance the purchase of "long-range" missiles from N.Korea. Iranian deputy defense minister Ahmad Vahedi and IRGC representative Tabaghi are handling the Islamic regime-N.Korean negotiations.
11-Aug: N.Korean Army First Lieutenant Yim Yong-son defects to the South Korea. He discloses that N.Korea is currently constructing two additional underground long-range missile launch bases, one at Chunggang, Chagang Province and the other at Wonsan, Kangwon Province.
08-Dec: As part of the sixth high-level delegation to N.Korea in 15 months, Iranian Defense Minister Mohammad Forouzandeh visits N.Korea to discuss technological cooperation.
20-Dec: Iran tries to obtain the capacity to produce chemical and nuclear warheads which could be delivered by the Nodong.