Overview

Iran currently stands as a formidable drone power despite the strict adherence to the UN arms embargo. Iran has invested heavily in the production of domestic drones and has enjoyed accessible technological advances in the commercial drone market. This allowed the country to acquire an arsenal of unmanned aerial vehicle systems (UAVs) that wreaked havoc around the Middle East.

Research at Iranian universities

Studies on Iranian drones are also being conducted at Iranian universities. Isfahan University of Technology (UIT) is closely linked to AEOI (Iran's Atomic Energy Organization or Atomic Energy Organization of Iran - AEOI). The IUT includes the Nuclear Technology Center (INTC) (Managed by AEOI) with about 3,000 scientists (approximately) .InTC has many nuclear capabilities including uranium enrichment.INTC operates three small nuclear power plant reactors operated by China.

Partners at Isfahan University of Technology

Despite working with Atomic Energy Organizations in Iran (AEOI), the Defense Industries Organization (DIO) and the terrorist organization IRGC, according to the official website of Isfahan University of Technology they are collaborating with:

Lethbridge College
Shenzen Technology University
University of Florence
IUT and Sabaanci Nanotechnology Research and Application Center (IUT and Sabaanci University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center)
IUT And Zurich University of Applied Sciences
IUT And University of L-Aquila (Italy) (IUT And University of L-Aquila)
IUT and CAS
IUT And Slaerno (Italy)
IUT And University Of Sherbrooke (Canada)
IUT And Polytechnic University of Madrid
IUT and University of Brescia (Italy)
IUT and Lulea University of Technology (LTU) Sweden (IUT and Lulea University of Technology Sweden)
IUT and the German Institute of Food Technologies (DIL)
IUT and Sigma Clermont, France
IUT and the Brest National School of Engineers (IUT and the Ecole nationale d’ingenieurs de Brest)
IUT and the International Center for Relative Astrophysics Network (IUT)
IUT and the Regional Center for Urban Water Management
IUT and North - Caucasus Federal University
IUT and Cheikh Anta Diop University of Senegal (IUT and Cheikh Anta Diop University of Senegal)
IUT and Ulsan institute of South Korea
IUT and INFN Italy
IUT and ETH- Zurich
IUT and ParisTech
IUT and Sulaimani University
IUT and University of Koya, Iraq
IUT and University of Passau, Germany
IUT and Kurdistan Institution for Strategic Studies
IUT and the Xiamen University of China
IUT and Taiwan National University of Science and Technology
IUT and the Alliance of 4 Universities of Spain
Fulda University