TEHRAN — A military advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution announced on Tuesday that Tehran has received requests from 22 countries to sell drones to them.

Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi made the remarks at a gathering in Imam Hussein University.

“22 countries are requesting to buy Iranian drones,” said Rahim Safavi, the former IRGC chief.

Stating that prior to the Islamic Revolution, 80% of the defense equipment were imported, the top general highlighted that over 80% of the defense equipment are now indigenously made.

According to the major general, the victory of the Islamic Revolution and the 8-year imposed war on Iran were two key events that changed the contemporary world.
 
“A new era has begun,” he noted, saying that the strong pillar of the unilateral world has now changed. 

“We are now witnessing great changes in new technology, wealth, power, and global order. This will deeply influence everyone throughout the world,” Rahim Safavi noted.

He then went on to note that establishing a stable and secure messaging mechanism that could send videos, voice notes, texts and pictures immediately as one of the inevitable needs of the today’s wars.

Making the wars intelligent and secure is of utmost importance, the advisor remarked.

Over the past years, Iran has used domestic knowledge to advance its defense capabilities and is now ready to export drones due to its revolutionary ideology and motivated youth. The revolutionary ideology does not wait for the arrival of drones from other countries. They produce them.