Iran Press/Iran news: The Joint Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces, Major General Mohammad Bagheri, has said some Sukhoi fighter jets overhauled by Iranian experts were used in Iraq to combat terrorism. He made the remark at a national conference on Tuesday.
According to an Iran Press report, General Bagheri added: "Some of our aircraft, including Sukhoi Su-22 and Su-25, were overhauled [by Iranian experts], and used by our brothers in Iraq to combat terrorism."
Major General Bagheri maintained that the United States has made a multi-billion investments in its armed forces, and even that has no solid plan. "They squandered 7,000 billion dollars in West Asia, and their current president finds all those expenses a total waste," he added.
"Saudi Arabia, the Zionist regime, and some other countries spend hundreds of millions of dollars on their armed forces, and their only objective is to oppose Islam," he noted.
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"Iran’s 7 or 8 billion dollars' expenditure on its armed forces is by no means comparable to other countries’ expenses," Bagheri said.
The joint chief of staff further maintained that Iran produces over 90% of its required equipment, and over 500 domestically-manufactured products are currently on display at a defense equipment exhibition. 103/211/207
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