Shahed Aviation Industries

Shahed Aviation Industries Research Center (مرکز تحقیقات صنایع هوایی شاهد) is an Iranian aerospace company known for designing military helicopters and UAVs. They are associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force (IRGC-ASF)[1] and the Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industries Corporation (HESA).[2]

Products

Helicopters

Drones

Main article: Shahed drones

Sanctions

On 20 October 2022, the European Union imposed sanctions against Shahed Aviation Industries, claiming the company is supplying drones to Russia to support its invasion of Ukraine.[1] Russia released no statement about whether or not they were using them.[7] In November 2022, Shahed Aviation was also sanctioned by the United States[8] and Canada.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1985 of 20 October 2022 implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine". eur-lex.europa.eu. 2022-10-20.
  2. ^ Taghvaee, Babak (27 July 2017). "Shahed 129 Heads Iran's Armed UAV Force". Aviation Week & Space Technology.
  3. ^ REDAZIONE ISLAMEDIANALYSIS (2016-01-28). "Syria's "new" iranian drone, the "Shahed-123"". islamedianalysis.info. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  4. ^ "Exclusive: Israeli Source Says Iran Boosting Drone Deliveries To Proxies". www.iranintl.com. Volant Media UK Limited. 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  5. ^ a b "Shahed drone, symbol of Iranian creativity in reverse engineering RQ-170 drone". iranpress.com. 2020-12-16. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  6. ^ Urso, Stefano d' (2022-03-08). "The F-35I Adir Scored First Air-To-Air Kill Shooting Down Iranian Drones Last Year". theaviationist.com. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  7. ^ "Захарова назвала информацию о поставках Ираном БПЛА слухами" [Zakharova called information about the supply of UAVs by Iran 'rumors']. ria.ru (in Russian). 2022-10-20.
  8. ^ "Treasury Targets Actors Involved in Production and Transfer of Iranian Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Russia for Use in Ukraine". U.S. Department of the Treasury. November 15, 2022.
  9. ^ "Canada further sanctions Iranian regime". canada.ca. November 16, 2022.