Iran's army receives new homegrown drones

STORY: Iran's army receives new homegrown drones SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 23, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:45 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the drones STORYLINE: The Iranian army received a large number of domestically developed reconnaissance and combat drones in a ceremony on Tuesday. The ceremony was attended by Iranian Army's Chief Commander Abdolrahim Mousavi and Defense Minister Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani, according to a statement published on the army's public relations website. Among the delivered unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were the multipurpose Ababil-4 and Ababil-5, Arash, Bavar (Faith) and Karrar jet-powered target drones, the statement said. It added the Ababil-4 and Ababil-5 UAVs were capable of carrying out different kinds of reconnaissance and surveillance, patrol, electronic warfare, data gathering and aerial combat missions, saying the Arash and Bavar drones could be used for suicide operations within long ranges and with pinpoint accurac

Demo Support Sakineh sentenced to death - Paris

Demo Support Sakineh sentenced to death - Paris

Jane Birkin takes part in a demonstration at the Republique Square in Paris, France in support of this Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, 43, sentenced to death by stoning after an Iranian court found her guilty of adultery and complicity in her husband's murder on September 12, 2010 . Her son said last week that he fears she will be executed shortly after the end to the Muslim holy month of Ramadan Photo by Alain Apaydin ABACAPRESS.COM

Iranian military receives over 200 homegrown drones: report

STORY: Iranian military receives over 200 homegrown drones: report DATELINE: April 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Iran's homegrown unmanned aerial vehicles STORYLINE: The Iranian armed forces received more than 200 homegrown unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a ceremony held on Thursday, Iran's official news agency IRNA reported. The ceremony was attended by Iranian Army Commander Abdolrahim Mousavi, Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani, and a number of other senior commanders and officials, the report said. According to IRNA, the drones were designed and manufactured by the Iranian Defense Ministry in cooperation with the army. The report identified the drones as Ababil-5, Ababil-4, Arash, Karrar, Shahrivar 10th, Akhgar, switchblade and Homa, as well as other sea-based and vertical take-off and landing UAVs. The drones, which all have low radar cross-sections (RCS), are capable of carrying out different missions such as reconnaissance, detonati