That is now the question..we know Iran has built at least one and has claimed they have been constructing of another (2007) and from the video it would certain APPEAR to be two boats but that would mean Iran built and launched the 2nd boat in exactly 3 years while the first took now some 10 years to build so I'm a lil skeptical but it is possible.
Eagle,
Mowj (the initial name for this ship) was already on dry deck in 2000. I always wondered when that ship woud be launched too and frankly was bothered by bogus announcements.
But, the main reason for a long delay is now apparent to me. You see Mowj/Jamaran was the first Iranian attempt for such class of warships. Iran did not have any prior experience. The navy wanted series of this ship and thus they knew it must have been a capable and modern ship. Bear in mind, Iran did not have most of the systems and sub-systems for such ship and had much difficulty to obtain them from abroad. For example, Gatlin gun types were planned but could not materialize because the Russians did not sell any to Iran. The Engine has been another major hurdle. The original company decided not to deliver the engines because of the US pressure (I am baffled as to how IRIN managed).
In short, designing all these systems and redesigning sometime several times took a much longer time than expected. But IRIN was always aware that non of these efforts were a waste since once all these designs were complete to the best possible way, the next ship would be built in a much shorter time, and that is exactly what is happening as we speak. The sister ship for Caspian sea is already under construction and will be ready in a much shorter time.
Personally, I am not happy with the premature launch of this ship simply because of lack of a powerful AD system. But I keep hearing that this ship does have a SAM system in the video I watched (see bellow).
I once watched a missile launched from one of the Noor tubes. What was amazing was that the missile made an incredible sharp maneuver with a high AOA into the sky that even today I do not know why.
What I am trying to say, IRIN may modified Noor to be a SAM missile too. I will look into such possibility and report back!
catsoo