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IRAN DRONE ATTACKS FROM HORMUZ ISLANDS, SMUGGLING WEAPONS TO VENEZUELA - GANTZ


IRAN HAS BEEN CARRYING OUT HOSTILE ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST, BUT IS
ALSO OPERATING IN OTHER AREAS, SUCH AS TRANSFERRING OIL AND WEAPONS TO
VENEZUELA.

By ANNA AHRONHEIM
Published: NOVEMBER 23, 2021 11:36

Updated: NOVEMBER 23, 2021 16:47

Defense Minister Benny Gantz is seen addressing the Reichman University
conference in Herzliya, on November 23, 2021.
(photo credit: DEFENSE MINISTRY)
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Iran has launched maritime attacks with unmanned aerial vehicles from bases in
Chabahar and Qeshm Island in the country’s south, Defense Minister Benny Gantz
said on Tuesday.



Gantz said that the threat posed by the Islamic Republic is not only facing
Israel but the entire world.



“One of the key tools is UAVs and precision weapons, which can reach strategic
targets within thousands of kilometers, and thus this capability is already
endangering Sunni countries, international troops in the Middle East, and also
countries in Europe and Africa,” the defense minister said at the Institute for
Policy and Strategy Herzliya Conference.







Iranian drones can reach a range of 1,700 kilometers, and their attacks have
targeted assets belonging to the United States, Saudi Arabia, Israel as well as
Sunni organizations in Syria and Iraq.



“Iran aspires to become a regional hegemon and then a global one, exporting its
radical ideology in which human rights are destroyed, members of the LGBTQ+
community are hung, women are oppressed, and resources are redirected to the
regime,” said Gantz. “Their methodology is to take over unstable countries like
Yemen, which ranks last in the ‘fragile countries’ index, similarly to Syria,
Iraq and Lebanon. Their plan is clear: ‘first we take Damascus, then we take
Berlin.’”



While Iran has been carrying out hostile activities across the Middle East, it
is also operating in other areas such as transferring oil and weapons to
Venezuela, operating the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ Quds Force in South
America, and trying to grow its presence in Afghanistan.


Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, by Iran, as seen via satellite. (credit:
Wikimedia Commons)


“Iranian terrorism is being promoted with the approval of its spiritual leader
Ali Khamenei and under the regime’s top directive,” Gantz said, adding that
Tehran is also attempting to smuggle weapons to Venezuela and increase the
presence of the IRGC in South America.




Iran has been sending IRGC forces to South America for several years and is
expected to sign a cooperation accord with Caracas as ties between the two
countries intensify.



The defense minister stressed that in the face of the Iranian threat, the
international community must act “and add a Plan B” should the diplomatic option
fail.



Saying that while Israel will continue to work in “full cooperation” with the
American and international community, there must be a real option of military
action.



“There is no doubt that a diplomatic solution is preferable, but alongside it,
the use of force must also be on the table, since it is the continuation of
diplomacy by other means. Sometimes the use and demonstration of force can
prevent the need for an even stronger use of force.”



Tehran also attempted to send explosives to Palestinian terrorists in the West
Bank from Syria using unmanned aerial vehicles, Gantz said.



The attempted smuggling by the Shahed m141 UAV carrying TNT explosives occurred
in February 2018. Although the IDF had originally said the drone was on the way
to carry out a sabotage attack, “its destination was, to our understanding,
terrorists in the West Bank. Iran is not only using unmanned aerial vehicles to
attack but also to transfer weapons to its proxies.”



The advanced Iranian drone, believed to be a copy of a US stealth drone that was
downed in Iran in 2011, took off from the T-4 airbase deep in the Syrian
province of Homs and crossed into Israeli territory via Jordanian airspace.


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The drone was spotted and intercepted in Israel near Beit She’an by an Apache
attack helicopter.



In September, Gantz said that the Islamic Republic is training militias from
Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon and Syria to operate and manufacture Iranian UAVs at Kashan
Base north of Isfahan.



“Iran has created ‘emissary terrorism’ under the auspices of organized terror
armies that help it achieve its economic, political, and military goals,” he
said at the time. “Iran is trying to transfer its knowledge that will enable
Iraq, Syria and Lebanon – [and also those] in the Gaza Strip – to produce
advanced UAVs.”



According to Gantz, terror operatives from those countries are being trained to
fly Iranian UAVs at the base, “which is the cornerstone of Iranian aerial
terrorism in the region.”





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