TEHRAN โ Iran on Sunday scoffed at Israelโs air defences as it confirmed Tehran had provided Lebanonโs militant group Hezbollah with the sophisticated drone which overflew the Jewish state earlier this month.
Iranโs โcapabilities are very high and are at the disposal and service of Islamic nations,โ Defence Minister General Ahmad Vahidi said, quoted by state television when questioned on the origins of the unmanned aerial vehicle.
โIt is natural to use whatever we have at our disposal at the necessary time to defend the lands of the Islamic world,โ the general said. โThis move shows that Hezbollah is fully prepared โฆ and will respond to the Zionist regime.โ
He said the drone which overflew Israel โshattered everything that was said about the Iron Dome system (Israelโs air defence shield) and it became clear that the Zionist regime can not escape Muslim anger.โ
Iran has developed a programme of manufacturing drones to be used for surveillance and attacks.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah boasted last week that his group sent a sophisticated unmanned drone over Israel, saying the device was built by the Jewish stateโs archfoe Iran.
His acknowledgement of the drone which Israel shot down on October 6 came shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pointed at Hezbollah and vowed to defend his country against further โthreats.โ
Nasrallah said the latest drone was โIranian built and assembled in Lebanon.โ
Israeli Air force jets shot down the unarmed drone over southern Israelโs Negev desert after it entered the countryโs airspace from the Mediterranean Sea.
