TEHRAN
\nIran on Friday paraded its military hardware on the anniversary of its 1980s war with Iraq, including \u201cthe longest-range drone in the world\u201d along with ballistic and hypersonic missiles, Iranian state media said.
\nThey said the drone \u201cwas unveiled\u201d in the parade, which was broadcast live, and that drones displayed in the event were named Mohajer, Shahed and Arash.
\nThe Islamic Republic said last month that it had built an advanced drone named Mohajer-10 with an enhanced flight range and duration as well as a larger payload.
\nIt has an operational range of 2,000 km (1,240 miles) and can fly for up to 24 hours, state media reported then, adding that its payload could reach 300 kg (661 pounds), double the capacity of the Mohajer-6 drone.
\nThe United States has accused Iran of providing Mohajer-6 drones, among other unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), to Russia for its war against Ukraine. On Tuesday, Washington expanded Iran-related sanctions, citing Tehran\u2019s \u201ccontinued, deliberate proliferation of UAVs\u201d enabling Russia, its proxies in the Middle East and other destabilising actors\u201d.
\nIran denies providing drones to Russia for the conflict in Ukraine.
\n\u201cOur forces ensure security in the region and the Persian Gulf,\u201d President Ebrahim Raisi said at Friday\u2019s parade in the capital Tehran. \u201cWe can teach the people of the region that resistance is today\u2019s way. What forces the enemy to retreat is not submission and wavering, but resistance.\u201d
\nA video released last month by Iranian media showed the Mohajer-6 among other military hardware, with a text reading \u201cprepare your shelters\u201d in both Persian and Hebrew, the latter an allusion to Iran\u2019s arch-regional enemy, Israel.
\nThe United States issued fresh Iran-related sanctions on Tuesday, targeting multiple people and entities in Iran, Russia, China and Turkey over Tehran\u2019s drone and military aircraft development.
\nThe Iran-Iraq war erupted on Sept. 22, 1980 when the forces of then-Iraqi President Saddam Hussein invaded Iran. The conflict, which was economically devastating and left at least half a million dead, ended in stalemate in August 1988.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TEHRAN Iran on Friday paraded its military hardware on the anniversary of its 1980s war with Iraq, including \u201cthe longest-range drone in the world\u201d along with ballistic and hypersonic missiles, Iranian state media said. They said the drone \u201cwas unveiled\u201d in the parade, which was broadcast live, and that drones displayed in the event were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357709,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-357684","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n