Iran claims 1,000 combat drones added as war looms with US, Israel

Iranian military boasts it has added 1,000 new war drones to its arsenal amid reports President Trump is considering targeting the regime in new air campaign.

By World Israel News Staff

The Iranian military has added 1,000 new war drones to its arsenal, Tehran said on Thursday, following the arrival of an American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the region.

The Tasnim News Agency, a mouthpiece of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, published a statement by Major General Amir Hatami, the commander-in-chief of the Iranian military, claiming that an order of 1,000 new drone aircraft had been delivered to the four branches of the country’s armed forces.

In his statement, Hatami alluded to tensions with Israel and the United States, citing “threats ahead.”

“In accordance with the threats ahead, the army maintains and enhances its strategic advantages for rapid combat and imposing a crushing response against any aggressor,” Hatami said.

The drones were designed and built in response to the “new threats and lessons from the” war with Israel in June 2025, Tasnim said, and are capable of surveillance operations, electronic warfare, and attacks on both static and mobile land targets, attacks on ships, and air-to-air combat.

The announcement comes just days after an American carrier battle group, centered around the USS Abraham Lincoln, arrived in the Middle East.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned Iran that “time is running out,” urging the Islamic Republic to “make a deal” while hinting at a new military campaign if Tehran fails to reach an agreement with the US.

“As I told Iran once before, MAKE A DEAL! They didn’t, and there was ‘Operation Midnight Hammer,’ a major destruction of Iran. The next attack will be far worse! Don’t make that happen again,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social account, referencing the transit of the USS Lincoln’s battle group.

“A massive Armada is heading to Iran,” Trump noted.