<p>Iran has drones with a range of 7,000 km (4,375 miles), Iranian state media cited the top commander of the Revolutionary Guards as saying on Sunday, a development which may be seen by Washington as a threat to regional stability.</p>.<p>Tehran's assertion comes as Iran and six major powers are in talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal that former US President Donald Trump exited three years ago and reimposed sanctions.</p>.<p>Western military analysts say Iran sometimes exaggerates its capabilities, but drones are a key element in Tehran's border surveillance, especially the Gulf waters around the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's oil supply flows.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/iran-says-wont-give-nuclear-site-images-to-un-watchdog-as-deal-has-expired-1002075.html" target="_blank">Iran says won't give nuclear site images to UN watchdog as deal has expired</a></strong></p>.<p>Iran and regional forces it backs have increasingly relied on drones in Yemen, Syria, Iraq in recent years.</p>.<p>"We have unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) with long range of 7,000 kilometres. They can fly, return home, and make landing wherever they are planned to," the Guards commander-in-chief Hossein Salami was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA.</p>.<p>US President Joe Biden is seeking to revive and eventually broaden the nuclear pact to put greater limits on Iran's nuclear and missile programmes, as well as constraining its activities.</p>.<p>Tehran has ruled out negotiations over ballistic missiles and its role in the Middle East, where Sh'ite-led Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia have been involved in proxy wars.</p>
<p>Iran has drones with a range of 7,000 km (4,375 miles), Iranian state media cited the top commander of the Revolutionary Guards as saying on Sunday, a development which may be seen by Washington as a threat to regional stability.</p>.<p>Tehran's assertion comes as Iran and six major powers are in talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal that former US President Donald Trump exited three years ago and reimposed sanctions.</p>.<p>Western military analysts say Iran sometimes exaggerates its capabilities, but drones are a key element in Tehran's border surveillance, especially the Gulf waters around the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's oil supply flows.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/iran-says-wont-give-nuclear-site-images-to-un-watchdog-as-deal-has-expired-1002075.html" target="_blank">Iran says won't give nuclear site images to UN watchdog as deal has expired</a></strong></p>.<p>Iran and regional forces it backs have increasingly relied on drones in Yemen, Syria, Iraq in recent years.</p>.<p>"We have unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) with long range of 7,000 kilometres. They can fly, return home, and make landing wherever they are planned to," the Guards commander-in-chief Hossein Salami was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA.</p>.<p>US President Joe Biden is seeking to revive and eventually broaden the nuclear pact to put greater limits on Iran's nuclear and missile programmes, as well as constraining its activities.</p>.<p>Tehran has ruled out negotiations over ballistic missiles and its role in the Middle East, where Sh'ite-led Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia have been involved in proxy wars.</p>