Iran warns: We have a thousand new drones

TT

Published 12.38

 

Iran's army chief, General Amir Hatami. Archive photo, distributed by the Iranian military. Photo: Iran's Military Press Service Via AP/TT

Iran has a thousand new drones and is ready to crush all attackers, warns the country's army chief.

According to army chief Amir Hatami, a thousand newly built drones have been added to the army's various units. Such reinforcements are constantly relevant "given the threats" Iran faces, he says according to reports in state media.

In this way, Iran can meet all invasions with force, says Hatami.

Iranian attack drones have been exported primarily to Russia, which has fired dozens and occasionally hundreds of them at Ukraine in individual days in recent years. It is not clear what model of the drones Hatami