Geran-2 (which is Russian licenced Shahed drone) also carries air-to-air missile, so sending slow archaic manned airframe is just suicide mission (aka shaheed)

https://militarnyi.com/en/news/russia-used-shahed-drone-arme...

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chithanh 4 hours ago | parent [-]

That is not a Shahed drone, that is a Geran-2 drone. Which is similar from the outside but not the same. Also Iran doesn't have stock of R-60s I think.

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angry_octet 2 hours ago | parent [-]

There's also no possibility that a Geran would be able to engage an A-10. It doesn't have a RADAR, it is much slower and less manoeuvrable.

	▲	bijowo1676 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		radar is not required for A2A missiles with infrared seekers, like the R60