On this episode of Rich World, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC, has around 90 drones

for commercial, surveillance, tactical, and suicide missions.

The IRGC not only shipped its suicide drones to Russia to be used against Ukraine, but

also equipped its proxies, such as Lebanese-Hazbalah, Yemeni-Houthis, the Syrian army, and Iraqi

Shia militia groups with all kinds of armed drones. The IRGC has also sold armed drones to Venezuela,

Ethiopia, and soon Armenia to use in case of war again with the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The Iranian drones look primitive and unsophisticated, but are still very lethal.

A small and innovative drone made of wooden foam with a small engine carrying about 5

kilograms that's 11 pounds of explosives may seem unimportant and impractical at first glance,

but effectively using such a simple and primitive drone can impose a high cost on the enemy.

Iran has decided to enter a drone market, focusing on more accurate, longer-range drones.

The use of technologically capable Iranian drones as Iranians advance their drone technology

with a more extended range and improved precision can be devastating to ground forces.

All of this is detailed in the new book, Iranian drones, a new menace from the Ayatollah.

So I'm really pleased to welcome my guest, the author, Meiran Riyazati.

Meiran, welcome and thank you for joining me on Newt's World.

Thank you for having me on your show.

Tell us a little bit, Meiran, about your background.

I am Iranian-American, being living in eight states for almost 42 years.

I done my grad and undergrad in eight states at Claremont,

being very interested in politics. That's why my undergrad and grad was in political science,

political philosophy. And since 2020, right?

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