This video of Russian SU-25 attack jets was widely seen in
Iraq and on the internet. It purposed to show the newly arrived planes being
flown over Iraq. It turns out these aircraft were actually from Iran and
operated by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps. Saddam Hussein sent the jets
to Iran in 1991 in an attempt to preserve his air force during the Gulf War.
They were never returned and integrated into Tehran’s armed forces.
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