Iran unveils ‘domestically built’ fighter jet

Aviation experts say Iran’s new jet is actually 1970s technology from the US

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Iran’s ‘new’ fighter jet
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Iran’s unveiling of what it says is its first “domestically designed and produced” fighter jet has been overshadowed by claims that the aircraft is actually a re-purposed US-built fighter from the 1970s.

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