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Report: Iranian UAV Production Centers, Training, and Export
(National Council of Resistance of Iran) Over the past decade, Tehran has invested heavily in drone production despite drastic economic challenges. The regime is trying to compensate for its outdated and decrepit air force with this technology. To produce UAVs, the regime smuggles some of the main parts, such as engines and electronic components, from foreign countries. This Oct. 6, 2021, report details the 8 industries in Iran responsible for manufacturing UAVs, the 7 UAV maintenance and utilization centers in Iran, the various air, land and sea pathways used by the Quds Force to send UAVs to its proxies in the region, and how the Quds Force uses drones in 5 specific regions: Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen, and the Kurdish regions.