{"id":304143,"date":"2025-02-25T08:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T08:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=304143"},"modified":"2025-02-26T15:57:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T15:57:37","slug":"iran-uses-russian-yak-130-jets-to-intercept-drones-in-military-drills-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=304143","title":{"rendered":"Iran Uses Russian Yak-130 Jets to Intercept Drones in Military Drills, Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Scroll down for video<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Ivan Khomenko \u2013 United24 Feb 24, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Iran has deployed its recently acquired Russian Yak-130 trainer jets in\u00a0combat operations, successfully intercepting and destroying a\u00a0drone during the Zolfagar 1403\u00a0military exercises.<\/p>\n<p>The drills, involving Iran\u2019s Ground Force, Air Force, Navy, and Air Defense units, took place from the northern Indian Ocean to\u00a0the Makran coasts in\u00a0southeastern Iran.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"fa\">\uf525 \u062c\u0646\u06af\u0646\u062f\u0647 \u0631\u0632\u0645\u06cc \u0622\u0645\u0648\u0632\u0634\u06cc \u06cc\u0627\u06a9 130 \u062f\u0631 \u062c\u0631\u06cc\u0627\u0646 \u0631\u0632\u0645\u0627\u06cc\u0634 \u0630\u0648\u0627\u0644\u0641\u0642\u0627\u0631 1403 \u0627\u0631\u062a\u0634 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VC7rXD1MnB\">pic.twitter.com\/VC7rXD1MnB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MESHKAT (@projectmeshkat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/projectmeshkat\/status\/1893969280649056466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabnak.ir\/en\/news\/6044\/yak-130-fighter-jet-ends-its-first-mission-successfully-zolfaqar-2025-drill\">According<\/a> to\u00a0Brigadier General Alireza Sheikh, a\u00a0spokesperson for the exercise, a\u00a0Yak-130 jet operated alongside two MiG-29 fighter jets to\u00a0intercept an\u00a0enemy drone. The MiG-29 pilots identified and tracked the target, while the Yak-130 engaged and destroyed it\u00a0using advanced missiles.<\/p>\n<p>The Yak-130, developed by\u00a0Russia\u2019s Yakovlev and Aermacchi, is\u00a0a\u00a0subsonic two-seat jet designed for both training and light combat. Iran acquired its first batch of\u00a0Yak-130 aircraft from Russia in\u00a0September 2023, adding to\u00a0its fleet of\u00a0older MiG-29 fighters. The aircraft is\u00a0used to\u00a0train pilots for advanced fighter jets, including 4+ and fifth-generation aircraft such as\u00a0the Sukhoi Su-57.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Iran officially confirmed the purchase of\u00a0Russian Su-35 fighter jets for the first time, <a href=\"https:\/\/united24media.com\/latest-news\/iran-confirms-purchase-of-russian-su-35-fighter-jets-for-the-first-time-5399\">according<\/a> to\u00a0Brigadier General Ali Shadmani. While the number of\u00a0jets and delivery status remain undisclosed, the announcement follows previous reports of\u00a0Tehran finalizing agreements for Russian aircraft. This comes amid Iran\u2019s ongoing efforts to\u00a0strengthen its air force, which includes a\u00a0fleet of\u00a0Russian-made fighters acquired mainly in\u00a0the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/united24media.com\/latest-news\/iran-uses-russian-yak-130-jets-to-intercept-drones-in-military-drills-video-6187\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Iran\u2019s Air Force New Fighter Jets in Action | Russian Fighters in Iran<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Military News \u2013 Feb 24, 2024<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TcBljeBcucM?si=pUriVoHhaf0XipzX\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TcBljeBcucM\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purchased along with 60 Russian Su-35s, the Yak-130 can either be used to train pilots to handle advanced fighters, Or it can be used for light combat and ground attack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":304144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-304143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Iran"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=304143"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":304151,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304143\/revisions\/304151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/304144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=304143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=304143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=304143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}