UK Publicly Showcases Captured Iranian Shahed Drone Supplying Putin’s War Machine

United24 Media

The British Parliament has hosted the first public display in Europe of an Iranian-made Shahed-136 attack drone used by Russia in its war against Ukraine, UK Defence Journal reported. The event, held in Speaker’s Court at the House of Commons, was organized by United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) in cooperation with MP Tom Tugendhat and Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle. . . . [UANI CEO] Ambassador [Mark D.] Wallace compared the Iranian-made weapon to Germany’s World War II-era “Doodlebug” flying bomb. “The Iranian regime’s Shahed drone is today’s Nazi Doodlebug—an indiscriminate flying weapon of terror designed to kill civilians and destroy critical infrastructure,” he said. “By supplying these drones to Russia, Iran’s regime is enabling war not just on Ukraine, but on international security itself.”