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I wonder where they are getting the money for weapons. I thought there were economic sanctions imposed on them. Or did I miss something and were they lifted?
Iran builds them. Iran has supplied Russia with a ton of them to use against Ukraine, if you've been following the conflict there -- cheap, long-range drones are something theylve specialized in.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HESA_Shahed_136
For components that they can't build, they'll do stuff like have someone buy stuff in some other country, move it into Iran from there.
There was some discussion about them using motors built by an Irish lawnmower motor company a while back, that I recall, for one particular instance.
If I remember correctly, the propulsion motor is repurposed from a Chinese moped. Cheap and plentiful.
Iran has been forging ties with countries like Russia and China. There are emerging alliances like BRICS that seek to reduce the overpowering influence of the USA and other established economies (which is quite a topic of discussion in and of itself). The result appears to be that Western sanctions are, on their own, no longer as crippling a punishment.
drones are pretty cheap as far a weapons go, Iran is a pretty big country with a fair bit of economic potential all on its own, and sanctions can only do so much, especially when theyve been in place for a long time such that the target has had time to work around or adapt to them
I'm pretty sure the sanctions don't apply in North Korea, Russia, China, and any other "non western" country. They can still do business with them all the same.