Although Iran is infamous for bravado and lies, this may well be true, in light of Iran’s recent history with drone creation. For instance, the Biden administration has accused Iran of “providing Mohajer-6 drones, among other unmanned aerial vehicles, to Russia in its war against Ukraine.” According to a report, by December 2022:
Iran had reportedly supplied more than 1,700 drones capable of suicide bombings, surveillance and intelligence, and combat, according to Ukrainian military intelligence. By early 2023, Tehran and Moscow had reportedly developed plans to produce some 6,000 Iranian models at a new facility in Russia.
Given such reports, Iran has had plenty of practice in building sophisticated drones.
The announcement also comes as the Biden administration released $6 billion of frozen funds from South Korea to Iran to use as it sees fit. Iran most certainly cannot be taken at its word to use the funds for humanitarian purposes. The Shia regime is dedicated to the destruction of Israel and funds Hamas, Hizballah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in their quest to obliterate the Jewish state from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.
By releasing funds to Iran, the Biden administration is assisting Iran in its jihadi objectives. The Biden administration also cut $1 billion in funding for Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system in 2021, and restored $200 million in American aid to the Palestinian Authority that was slashed by Trump out of concern for where the money was actually going. The Trump administration cited Hamas control over the Gaza Strip.
“Iran unveils armed drone, claims it could reach Israel,” by Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, Associated Press, August 22, 2023:
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s Defense Ministry unveiled a drone on Tuesday resembling America’s armed MQ-9 Reaper, claiming that the aircraft is capable of staying airborne for 24 hours and has the range to reach the country’s archenemy Israel.
Iranian media carried a video displaying the drone and other weaponry, with accompanying text, in Hebrew and Persian, warning ‘Prepare your shelters’ and ‘fire is on the way.’”
Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency published a photograph of the drone, called the Mohajer-10, on display at a conference marking Defense Industry Day with what appeared to be smoke-machine fog underneath it.
“Mohajer” means “immigrant” in Farsi and has been a drone line manufactured by the Islamic Republic since 1985.
IRNA said the drone is able to fly at up to 24,000 feet with a speed of 210 kph (130 mph), carrying a bomb payload of up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds).
It also said the drone could carry electronic surveillance equipment and a camera….
Walter Sieruk says
It should be made known that this aggressive and vicious “mullah regime” of Iran in spite of its advanced drone technology is fated to fail in its Islamic agenda of destroying the State of Israel and replacing with Islamic “state.” The reason that they will lose in the end and lose hard is because Iran’s President Rasis along with Ayatollah Khamenei are striving against the Will of God and they members who too ignorant to know this, nevertheless the truth is the God had given all this land that now composes the State of Israel, including all of the West Bank, to the Jewish people. This may be found in the Bible, as seen in, for example, Genesis 28:13-15. 35:10-12. Deuteronomy 32:48,49. Psalm 105:7-11. 135:4.
In other words the Jews have tall this land by Divine Right. Furthermore, the Jewish people should have this land by historic rights as shown in First Kings 4:20,21, 24,25. 8:55, 56.
Still, in all fairness, there is one way for the Muslim members Rasis and Khamenei along Iran’s Islamic parliament to convince God to change His Mind about being so much for Israel and then cause Him to turn His back on Israel and then have that nation be no more.
That way is for them to gather together and then change the laws of astrophysics, including those laws of astrophysics the control the sun, the moon and the stars. For God had declared in His Word, the Bible, in Jeremiah 31:35,36. “Thus saith the Lord, Who gives the sun for a light by day and the ordinances of the moon and stars for a light by night…The Lord of host is His name. If those ordinances depart from before Me, saith the Lord, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before Me forever.”
Walter Sieruk says
All those Muslims in power in that “mullah regime” of Iran, with their drone power hate the Jewish people as well as the State of Israel and wants her to be destroyed and use their stooge jihad organizations ,Hamas and Hezbollah to attempt to weaken and then eliminated the Jewish State ,once and for all are in reality delusional.
Those ayatollahs and mullahs and others in control of that hostile Israel hating tyranny of Iran have no idea, at all, that they are fated to totally fated to fail in their Islamic quest to destroy Israel.
The reason that this is so is because God is for Israel and will not let her be destroyed no matter how hard those malice-filled Israel despising imams and other Muslims clerics and their President Raisi will strive against Israel , they are all greatly overruled by God.
For example, the Bible in Psalm 135:4 reads “For the Lord has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel for His special treasure.” [N.K.J.V.]
Don McKellar says
And now they’ve got a giant bankroll to build a bunch more of these back engineered US drones. Thanks FJB!
libertyORdeath says
Keep giving the terrorists billions and it’s gonna get a lot worse.
How is that not treason? How is providing funding for multiple terrorist groups like the PLA, Hamas, Hezbollah, ISIS and the IRGC not illegal?
OLD GUY says
See what $6,000,000,000. will buy you, almost any weapon produced around the world. Why would you give this money to a country that continually chants death to America and kills people with no second thoughts? This hinges on TREASON.
Michael B says
Great informative article Christine. All the comments rightly reflect outrage at the complicit US administration, that aids Terror, helps evil forces and has proven to be no more than an inept incompetent, failed and devious mess.