Major General Ali Abdollahi, Chief of the General Staff of Iran’s armed forces and Commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, highlighted the expansion of the Army’s drone manufacturing capabilities during a Tuesday visit to military production facilities.
Abdollahi praised the Army’s efforts to establish and expand multiple drone production lines, saying the systems he had seen demonstrated the Armed Forces’ readiness, motivation and capacity for innovation.
“What I saw today at one of the many drone production facilities developed through the efforts of my colleagues in the Islamic Republic of Iran Army reflects the readiness, motivation and innovative capabilities that our armed forces need,” he said.
He added that Iranian specialists had developed and upgraded military equipment to make it more advanced than earlier models and give it new capabilities.
Drawing on lessons from the two recent wars imposed by the United States and Israel, Abdollahi said Iran would be better equipped to respond to future aggression.
The commander also stressed the importance of asymmetric warfare, noting that Iran could counter technologically advanced adversaries with a range of less expensive but effective systems.
“Our enemies possess modern and advanced equipment, and when necessary, we must respond using different methods and asymmetric capabilities,” he said, referring to the US-Israeli-imposed wars of aggression against the country.
He further warned that if Iran came under attack again, it would seek to offset the advantages of expensive, sophisticated weapons by deploying a broad range of more affordable systems, making military operations more costly and difficult for its adversaries.
Abdollahi also praised progress toward self-sufficiency in the Armed Forces, saying domestic defense development followed the direction set by the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, who was a strong supporter of national strength and technological advancement.
He said Iran’s military remained committed to defending the country against any power that threatened its territory or revolutionary values.
The top commander said the Iranian public’s determination to resist had not weakened despite enemy actions. Instead, he said, the resolve of both the population and the armed forces had grown stronger.
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