As reported, the Iranian Air Force received the first two Yak-130 combat training aircraft delivered by Russia. This is confirmed by the relevant photos and videos taken at the 8th Tactical Air Base of the Iranian Air Force in Isfahan, where these Yak-130 aircraft have already begun to fly.
One of the first two Yak-130 combat training aircraft received by the Iranian Air Force from Russia (Iranian tail number "7-9701"). Isfahan, September 2023 (c) Social networks
Officially, the contract for the supply of Yak-130 aircraft to Iran was not reported, but the first reports of Iranian resources on the purchase of Yak-130 appeared in early July. Presumably, these first two Yak-130 aircraft were delivered to Mehrabad Airport in Tehran aboard An AN-124-100 military transport aircraft from the 224th flight detachment of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Thus, Iran became the seventh foreign recipient of Yak-130 aircraft manufactured by Irkutsk Aviation Plant, after Algeria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Vietnam, Myanmar and Laos.
Presumably, the AN-124-100 military transport aircraft from the 224th flight detachment of the Russian Ministry of Defense delivered to Tehran the first two Yak-130 combat training aircraft delivered to Iraq (registration numbers on the An-124-100 are painted over), August 2023 (c) EBG Aviation Phptography
Video of the Yak-130 in Iran :
