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"Iran’s development, procurement, and proliferation of UAVs destabilizes the Middle East region and beyond," the agencies wrote. "Over the past ten years, Iran has increased its inventory of both armed and unarmed UAVs, whose low cost, simplicity of production, and ease of use make them appealing to entities and countries of concern to which Iran may transfer them."
Iran has provided drones to Russia for use in Ukraine, such as this Iranian-made Shahed-136 unmanned aerial vehicles seen over Kyiv, Ukraine, on October 17, 2022.attacks on targets in Ukraine. Iran is also planning to send Russia the materials needed to build a drone manufacturing plant near Moscow. "Since at least late August 2022, Iran has transferred hundreds of Shahed- and Mohajer-series UAVs to Russia. Moscow has used these UAVs extensively to strike critical infrastructure during its brutal war of aggression against Ukraine," the agencies wrote.