Iran and Russia have expanded the level of strategic cooperation between them in various fields. Recently in space, a Russian rocket launched an Iranian satellite into orbit from the Russian space launch site in Kazakhstan, according to analyst and Middle East expert Elijah J. Magnier.
Russia has signed a contract with Iran to purchase 1,000 drones. This is after they successfully used the first drones in Ukraine. The move is considered unprecedented for a superpower to be purchasing drones from Iran.
In the past decade, Russia has not paid much attention to the unmanned aerial vehicle industry and has not invested enough. Instead, Moscow focused on the development of hypersonic missiles, which managed to reach operational levels of this technology before the United States.
Russia's interest was focused on strategic missiles with nuclear warheads, while in fact UAVs have become a necessity for any military.