Iran, military parade to unveil the new “Jihad” ballistic missile and the latest “Shahed” drone –

Iran has unveiled a new ballistic missile and an upgraded unidirectional attack drone during a military parade. Iran is accused by Western governments of supplying both drones and missiles to Russia for use in its war with Ukraine, a charge it has repeatedly denied. The solid-fuel “Jihad” missile was designed and produced by the aerospace arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and has an operational range of 1,000 kilometers, the state-run IRNA news agency said.

The Shahed-136B drone is an upgraded version of the Shahed-136, with new capabilities and an operational range of more than 4,000 kilometers, the agency added. New President Masoud Pezeshkian attended the annual parade in Tehran, commemorating the 1980-88 war with Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. “Today, our defensive and deterrent capabilities have grown so much that no demon even thinks of aggression toward our dear Iran. With unity and cohesion among Islamic countries… we can put in its place the bloody and genocidal usurper Israel, which shows no mercy to anyone, women or children, old or young,” Pezeshkian warned.