Iran opens drone factory in Tajikistan - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Adam Lucente

Adam Lucente

May 17, 2022

Iranian Army office/AFP via Getty Images — A handout picture provided by the Iranian army's official website on Sept. 11, 2020, shows an Iranian Ghader missile being fired during the second day of a military exercise in the Gulf near the strategic strait of Hormuz in southern Iran. — Iranian Army office/AFP via Getty Images

A B model of Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA (Assault Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) in the sky on March 2, 2022, in Corlu, Turkey.

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Fehim Tastekin

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Iran drone parade

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A correspondent in Tehran

A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

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Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Men pray during Kurban-Ait, also known as Eid al-Adha in Arabic, at a mosque in the village of Nurabad, some 40 km (25 miles) west of the capital Dushanbe, November 16, 2010. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha, marking the end of the haj, by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/Nozim Kalandarov (TAJIKISTAN - Tags: RELIGION) - RTXUOWO

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Hamidreza Azizi

Hamidreza Azizi