Iran has all modern military tech: IRGC chief
The IRGC's Commander-in-Chief reveals that Iran has all the military capabilities permitting it to defend itself against its enemies.
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In this photo released by the Iranian Army on Aug. 25, 2022, a drone is launched from a warship in a military drone drill in Iran (Iranian Army via AP, File)
Iran has access to all modern global military technologies and uses them in all of its defense departments, the Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps, Major General Hossein Salami, said on Tuesday.
Iran has acquired all modern military technologies relying on the knowledge and insights of its own people, Salami said while speaking at a news conference, underlining that the innovations in question had been employed by all military units.
The Iranian Major General stressed that Iran has "accumulated power to defeat the enemy", the Tasnim news agency quoted him as saying.
Additionally, he noted that a country's ability to win modern wars is highly dependent on its technological prowess and its ability to surprise its enemies.
Iran's regional standing has been bolstered and its technological prowess was promoted by the fact that Russia is using its drones in the Ukraine war, causing the Israeli occupation, Iran's most prominent foe, to panic about Tehran's capabilities.
Iran is also expanding its market by attending various forums, such as the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), which means that more countries in Asia, Africa, West Asia, and even Latin America could become customers of its technologies.
The main point of concern, Israeli media has said, is that Iran is growing to be a lot bigger than its own sphere of influence within West Asia, extending to Europe, namely Russia.
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The drone issue caused a lot of backlash. However, Iran clarified that gave a small batch of drones to Russia, but it was before the Ukraine war broke out, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian clarified.
"We supplied Russia with a limited number of drones months before the war in Ukraine," the official Iranian news agency IRNA quoted Amir-Abdollahian as saying.
Regardless, Russia's usage of loitering munition drones developed by Iran against Ukraine is showing the might of the Iranian UAV capabilities.
Moreover, Major-General Salami once again warned other powers against attacking Iran and its citizens.
The warning comes in the midst of terror attacks being carried out in Iran, sparking instability and forcing Tehran's hand to safeguard the country's security.
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