New videos and images online confirm that Iran has received Russian-made Mi-28NE Havoc attack helicopters. This marks a major boost to Iran’s military power and comes at a time when tensions between Iran and the United States are getting worse.
The delivery happened just as problems in the region are growing. American officials recently said an F-35 fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone that was flying too close to the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea. US officials also said Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps harassed a US-flagged merchant ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
