Senior military adviser to the Iranian leader Sayyed Ali Khamenei, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, stated during an event for a military academy in Tehran that the Iranian army developed deterrence in several fields after it exceptionally employed science and technology, revealing Iran received requests for military equipment purchases.

“Today we have reached a point that 22 world countries are demanding to purchase unmanned aircraft from Iran," the Major General said as he congratulated the IRGC for their success in the recent operations against terrorist groups located in the Iraqi Kurdistan region, describing their artillery and military strikes as precise adding that the striking zones were being monitored by drones online. 

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Last month, IRGC Commander Major General Hossein Salami said Iran has sold homegrown military equipment to foreign customers, including some major world powers, and was training them to employ the gear.

IRGC Commander Major General Hossein Salami said last month in September that major world powers among other countries are buying Iranian-made military equipment and that Iran is training them on employing the equipment. The IRGC chief also added that the Islamic Republic developed a wide range of air defense equipment based on Iranian know-how.

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On the other hand, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said back in August that the Islamic Republic has become so experienced in the defense industry that world powers are aiming to acquire that experience.