The drones would be used for "surveillance, detection and even assaults with high precision," according to a report quoted by the London Daily Telegraph.

Defense Minister Gen. Ahmad Vahidi said the unmanned aircraft would be able to carry out offensive tasks with a long range, according to Iran's state news agency.

Iran announced two years ago it had built an unmanned aircraft that it claimed would be undetectable to radars, SpaceWar.com reported.

"We have built a drone with a more than 600-mile range which can collect information and shoot films," the head of the elite Revolutionary Guards, General Yahya Rahim Safavi, told Iran's Arabic-language satellite news channel Al-Alam, according to the site.

These aircraft would have a range long enough to reach Israel.