Iran Intel Official: China in Line to Purchase Tehran’s Drones

According to a senior official from Iran Intelligence Ministry, China is among the 90 countries listed. “queuing up” Buy a URL=”https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/10/takeaway-iranian-drones-ukraine-send-message-west”>Iran-made dronesAccording to Wednesday’s report from the moderate Entekhab news agency,   

The comment was made during a book-unveiling ceremony at Imam Khomeini University, Qazvin.  

“Our power has grown to levels where China is waiting in line to buy 15,000 of our drones,” Declared the official, who was also identified in the report as director of the Intelligence Ministry’s Think Tank for Political Research.  

Iran’s senior adviser thanked him for his support. “look to the east” Ayatollah Ali Khanei, Supreme Leader, advocates a policy that calls for an increase in ties with Russia and China as a long-term strategy against terrorism. “Western hegemony” • Reduce the severity of sanctions against the Islamic Republic   

According to intelligence, the eastward approach paid off as it tilted the balance of global power in Iran’s favor and to the West’s disadvantage. “And the Ukraine war is an example,” He stated that, without explaining whether it was confirmation of Iran’s cooperation in war with Russia.  

Tehran has been subject to constant pressure Western criticism over its siding with and arming of Moscow in the conflict. Iran’s delivery of combat drones has been the subject of intense scrutiny. The West accuses Tehran that it shipped them in order to be used in the conflict. Russia’s deadly operations. These deliveries are denied by the Iranian authorities, who only admit that some were exported before the conflict began.

CNN’s Thursday report that Iran upgraded the Russian drones to levels designed to destroy the Ukrainian infrastructure added to the growing evidence. The report was based on jointly-produced findings by Conflict Armament Research, UK, and the Ukrainian military.  

Tehran has yet not addressed the latest accusation. It was made just four days following a Wall Street Journal report that revealed that Iran had helped set up a factory in Russia, where approximately 6,000 Iranian-designed drones were being manufactured.