By Ariane Tabatabai | Oct 12, 2017
Recent incidents put the Iranian drone program on Western observers’ radar as a new potential threat associated with the Islamic Republic. But Iran’s drone program actually started decades ago and serves a number of military and civil purposes. As Tehran deploys its drones more regularly, for more purposes and in more locations, policy-makers will have understand the program’s nature, scope, strengths, and limitations, if they want to effectively respond to it.