Lying without blushing: Iran says it has not handed over its drones to Russia

Iran has officially denied that it is supplying Russia with domestically made drones.

What is known

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said.

"The Islamic Republic of Iran considers news published on the delivery of (Iran's) drones to Russia for use in the Ukraine conflict as baseless and does not confirm it"." - Kanaani stated

Flashback

According to U.S. intelligence, Iran handed over drones to Russia in August. We are talking about two models: Shahed 136 (aka Geranium-2) and Mohajer-6. The first is a kamikaze drone. It has a triangular wing with stabilizers at the ends, a combat unit, optical guidance system, propeller and engine. Such a UAV can fly a distance of up to 2000 km.

As for the Mohajer-6, it is an attack drone. It is equipped with Rotax Aircraft Engines, which allows the drone to fly at speeds up to 200 km/h and at an altitude of 5.4 km. It has a camera with a multispectral sensor, a laser rangefinder and two aerial bomb suspensions.

Source: CN