Could a new Iran deal increase Iran’s drone export threat? - analysis
If Tehran can get sanctions relief via the Iran deal, it believes it could seriously leverage the missile and drone industry for export.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
Published: AUGUST 22, 2022
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force commander Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh said this week that Iran is an exporter of drones. He didn’t mention exactly how many drones were being exported or where they might go. But the comment itself is important because Iran has become a regional drone power and its drones or UAVs have become a threat to the region.
Iran has used drones to target Israel, Iraq, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and other groups and countries. Recent reports say Iranian drones have made it to Venezuela, and that they are being made in Tajikistan and could even be sold to Russia.
“We did not have the capabilities we have now in the military field in the past,” Hajizadeh said this week, according to Iran’s Tansim News. “In the past, we imported barbed wire, but now we export drones; undoubtedly, this path has been taken by establishing a relationship between knowledge-based departments, universities and elites.”
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If Tehran can get sanctions relief via the Iran deal, it believes it could seriously leverage the missile and drone industry for export.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
Published: AUGUST 22, 2022
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force commander Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh said this week that Iran is an exporter of drones. He didn’t mention exactly how many drones were being exported or where they might go. But the comment itself is important because Iran has become a regional drone power and its drones or UAVs have become a threat to the region.
Iran has used drones to target Israel, Iraq, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and other groups and countries. Recent reports say Iranian drones have made it to Venezuela, and that they are being made in Tajikistan and could even be sold to Russia.
“We did not have the capabilities we have now in the military field in the past,” Hajizadeh said this week, according to Iran’s Tansim News. “In the past, we imported barbed wire, but now we export drones; undoubtedly, this path has been taken by establishing a relationship between knowledge-based departments, universities and elites.”
more............ https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-715293
