On May 17, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), an official Iranian news service, announced that Iran had established a facility for the production of the Ababil-2 military drone in Tajikistan. According to the IRNA report, the Ababil-2 is strike- and surveillance-capable and has a range of 200 kilometers. Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri attended the inauguration of the facility, which is Iran's first military production line located abroad.