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Possibly Syria could arrange production of retroengineered Vampirs, and Iran most certainly could (an would like to!) if only they had got their hands on some. Did they?
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If Iran wanted some RPG-29s, the russians will be glad to sell them.
But reverse engineering them probably is not that simple.
From what I have managed to learn so far about shaped charges manufacturing (not a lot but still) high end ones, and the RPG-29 definitively is, can be rather complex to make.Making them might require expensive and technically challanging retooling of the production lines.
Casting rocket motors for battlefield artillery rockets is a relatively simple task in comparison.
The current tandem warhead round for the Saghegh was probably deedemed a more practical and cost effective solution, even if less powerful than the RPG-29.