Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has unveiled the country’s newest fighter jet, which officials claim can evade radar.

Mr Ahmadinejad said at a ceremony broadcast on state TV yesterday that Qaher-313, or Dominant-313, showed Iran’s will to “capture peaks”.

Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said the Qaher is “fully indigenous”, designed and built by Iranian aerospace experts.

Photos released by the official IRNA news agency show Qaher as a single-seat jet, described as a fighter-bomber that can combat both other aircraft and ground targets.

Iran unveiled what it said was its first domestically manufactured fighter jet, called Azarakhsh or Lightning, in 2007.

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