Iranian Army unveils 7 important new drone technologies in the drill

TEHRAN – On January 5-6, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Army staged its first-ever drone drill using its quadruple forces in the Semnan public area and border areas of the country. This was a unique drill unveiling a wide range of technologies that military experts did not expect Iranian Army would possess.

Iran’s Army fires Azarakhsh missile in large-scale drone exercise

TEHRAN – The Iranian Army’s Karrar-class drone on Wednesday fired an air-to-air Azarakhsh (Thunderbolt) missile at mock hostile targets during a large-scale drill involving combat unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Army holds large-scale drone exercise 

TEHRAN – The Iranian Army on Tuesday launched a large-scale maneuver involving hundreds of combat drones used by the Army’s ground, navy and air defense forces.

Drone crashes inside Iran as Azerbaijan-Armenia war rages on

TEHRAN – A drone came down inside northwestern Iranian territories along Iran’s borders with Azerbaijan as the war between Baku and Yerevan entered its seventeenth day.

Iran among five leading countries in manufacturing drones: Air Force chief

TEHRAN - Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh, the commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF), announced on Sunday that Iran is among the five leading countries in manufacturing drones.

Iran unveils domestically-made environmental drone

TEHRAN – Domestically made environmental drone was unveiled on Sunday by the Department of Environment (DOE) chief, Issa Kalantari, IRNA news agency reported.

Cutting-edge combat drone, destroyer delivered to Iran’s Navy 

TEHRAN - A combat reconnaissance tactical drone and a modern destroyer were delivered to the Navy in a ceremony in southeastern Iran on Saturday.

Army official: Iran self-sufficient in drone technology

TEHRAN - Brigadier General Kioumars Heydari, commander of the Army Ground Force, has said that Iran has reached self-sufficiency in the field of drone technology.

Iranian Army equips operational units with modern hand-launched drones

TEHRAN – Brigadier General Kiomars Heidari, commander of Iran’s Army Ground Forces, announced on Wednesday that a new domestically-made model of hand-launched drones, named Farpad, has been handed over to the operational units. 

IRGC drone makes emergency landing in southwestern Iran 

TEHRAN – An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), owned and operated by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force, made an emergency landing in the southwestern province of Khuzestan on Wednesday. 

Baqeri says Iran has no enmity toward neighbors

Any aggression will be faced with destruction, seizure: Iran’s military chief

TEHRAN – Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri, the Armed Forces Chief of Staff, has warned that “destruction” and “seizure” await aggressors, according to Mehr.

Iran unveils drone capable of hitting targets ‘far beyond its borders’

TEHRAN – Iran has unveiled a new domestically-built drone that can hit targets “far beyond its borders”, Mehr reported.

Innovation network set up for drones, UAVs

TEHRAN – The vice presidency for science and technology has set up an innovation network for commercial drones and unmanned aerial vehicles, Mehr reported on Tuesday.

Defense Minister Hatami says if U.S. has shot down a drone it should show its wreckage

No Iranian drone has been downed, IRGC chief reaffirms

TEHRAN – The chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has categorically rejected the U.S. claims on downing Iranian drones over the Persian Gulf.

Trump’s lie on downing Iranian drone was so big we believed it: general

TEHRAN – An IRGC commander has said U.S. President Donald Trump’s lie about shooting down an Iranian drone was so big that even Iran believed it at first.

Iran is becoming a drone superpower: The Hill

TEHRAN – Iran is quietly building up an arsenal of locally-produced drones that it is exporting to its allies in the region, The Hill argued in a piece published on Friday.

* By Mohammad Ghaderi

New scandal around empire of lies

On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump, who is also the commander in chief of the country’s armed forces, falsely claimed that a U.S. warship had downed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran military rejects Trump claim of ‘destroying’ Iranian drone

TEHRAN – A senior spokesman for the Iranian military says Iran has not lost any drone in the Strait of Hormuz, rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that a U.S. warship had shot down an Iranian drone in the strait.

Drone downing had a message for regional states: MP

TEHRAN – Alaeddin Boroujerdi, a member of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, says the shooting down of a U.S. spy drone by the Islamic Republic carried a “very good message” to regional countries.

What shooting down a $110m U.S. drone tells us about Iran

Once the dust cleared, it turned out that one of the enduring lessons from the past week occurred at about 22,000 feet.

By Farhad Daneshvar

U.S. sanctions on Iran kill off faint hopes of diplomatic solution 

The latest U.S. sanctions on Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the announcement on plans to sanction Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif have apparently been interpreted as President Donald Trump’s bad will by many in Iran. 

Military: U.S. spy drone was inside Iranian territory by 7 km

TEHRAN – The head of the Geographical Organization of the Armed Forces of Iran has said that a U.S. spy drone which was shot down by Iran on Thursday had trespassed into the Iranian territory by 7 kilometers before it was downed.

Trump calls Persian Gulf ‘dangerous’, questions U.S. presence in waterway after standoff with Iran

TEHRAN – U.S. President Donald Trump in a tweet on Monday seemed to be questioning his country’s military presence in the Persian Gulf, only days after Iran shot down a $200 million U.S. drone that ventured into its territory.

Trump ‘helped create the crisis’ with Iran, says Sanders

TEHRAN – Senator Bernie Sanders has slammed U.S. President Donald Trump for maladministration of rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran, saying he has “helped create the crisis” with Tehran.

Saudis lobbied UK to attack Iran after Trump pulled back: senior British official  

TEHRAN – A Saudi intelligence official has lobbied the UK to conduct limited strikes on Iranian military targets after U.S. President Donald Trump allegedly cancelled such raids, a senior British official has said.

Pelosi warns Trump on unapproved move against Iran

TEHRAN – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s alleged decision to call off military strikes on Iran, emphasizing that U.S. military action against Iran "must not be initiated" without congressional approval.

Iran says it has ‘indisputable’ evidence U.S. drone violated airspace

TEHRAN – A top Iranian diplomat has said there are “indisputable” evidence that a U.S. spy drone that the IRGC had downed had violated the Iranian airspace.

Downing of drone sends clear message to U.S.: IRGC

TEHRAN – The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Thursday that the downing of a U.S. spy drone over the southern parts of Iran sends a “clear message” to Washington.

Yemeni drone attack targets jet hangars at Saudi airport

TEHRAN- Yemeni armed forces have launched another retaliatory drone strike against an airport in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern Najran region, this time targeting hangars housing the regime’s warplanes.

By Ramin Hossein Abadian

Yemen drone capabilities turn the tide in the war

TEHRAN - Yemeni sources reported of extensive military operations against Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.