Photos: IRGC holds massive drone drills in Persian Gulf region
Mizan – Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) holds offensive-combat drone exercises in the Persian Gulf region, involving dozens of RQ-170 stealth unmanned aerial…
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‘Nonconstructive statements’ have no achievement but deepening distrust
MNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi showed reaction to the final statement of Quartet Committee of Foreign Minister of the…
‘Velayat 97” wargame ends with successful scenarios
IRNA – Great naval “Velayat 97” wargame, three days after reaching the pre-planned targets terminated on Sunday evening. The power demonstration phase…
Iran kicks off large-scale naval drill in Persian Gulf, Sea of Oman
Press TV – Iranian naval forces on Friday started a massive three-day drill, codenamed “Velayat 97”, in the Persian Gulf and the…
Secret documents on UK presence in Persian Gulf coming
IRNA – Iran’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom Hamid Baeedinejad announced Tuesday compiling and publishing confidential documents on the history of British…
Time to expel outsiders from region: Iran navy commander
Tasnim – Commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi highlighted the Middle Eastern countries’ power to jointly ensure the security…
Iran’s seafood exports hits $260m in nine months
IRNA – Iran exported seafood valued at more than $260 million during the nine months from March 21-Dec 21, 2018 indicating a…
US special envoy working on Persian Gulf dispute steps down
Press TV – A US special envoy tasked with resolving the diplomatic crisis between Qatar and the Riyadh regime and a number…
Iran preserves security of Hormuz Strait: Veep
MNA – The Iranian First Vice-President Es’hagh Jahangiri says that Iran is the guarantor of the security of Strait of Hormuz and…
Iran dismisses claims of shooting rockets at US carrier in Persian Gulf
MNA – IRGC Navy Commander Real Admiral Alireza Tangsiri on Saturday dismissed allegations by foreign media that Iran had fired rockets at…
IRGC concludes military drill in southern Iran
Tasnim – A large-scale war game the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force had staged in the Persian Gulf came to…
Photos: IRGC holds major drills, debuts ‘offensive’ component
Tasmin | Hamed Malekpour: The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps holds the main and final stage of massive exercises in the Persian Gulf,…
IRGC begins war game in Persian Gulf
Tasnim – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force launched the main phase of a large-scale military exercise in the Persian…
Iran to launch final stage of ‘Great Prophet 12’ military exercise tomorrow
MNA – The IRGC ground forces commander says that the final stage of ‘Great Prophet 12’ will be held tomorrow in the…
US aircraft carrier heads towards Persian Gulf after Iran unveils new warship
Sputnik – Shortly after Iran unveiled a new destroyer, which is believed to have radar-evading stealth properties, electronic capabilities and a flight…
If Iran can’t export oil, no country will do it from the Persian Gulf – Rouhani
Sputnik – President Donald Trump’s administration has repeatedly stressed that Washington seeks to cut Iran’s oil exports to zero in a bid…
After Trump calls, Persian Gulf OPEC members cover most of Iran oil loss: Reuters survey
Reuters | Alex Lawler – OPEC oil supply has fallen in November from a two-year high due to U.S. sanctions on Iran, a…
Iran launches new destroyer in Persian Gulf
Press TV – The Iranian Navy has launched a domestically-built destroyer in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas. The advanced ship,…
Iran tops all PG countries in producing marine equipment
MNA –The Commander of Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said Tue. that Iran ranks first among Persian Gulf littoral states in…
Photos: Opening ceremony of 9th Iran Air Show
Mizan – The ninth edition of Iran Air Show kicked off on Monday on Kish Island in the Persian Gulf and will…
Iranian military commanders visit bases in PG to warn enemies
MNA – Major General Gholam Ali Rashid, the commander of Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters and Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, the commander of…
Iran: US naval buildup shrinking in Persian Gulf
FNA – A senior Iranian commander said that the US and its allies have effectively lowered the number of their warships in…
Pentagon rejects request for boosting forces in Persian Gulf
Press TV – The Pentagon has rejected a request issued by the US Central Command (CENTCOM) for deployment of additional troops to the…
Rare floods hit Iran’s Qeshm Island in Persian Gulf region
Tasnim – Rare floods hit Iran’s southern island of Qeshm in Persian Gulf region. Iran’s southern Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf…
Persian Gulf world’s most strategic waterway: Iran’s navy commander
Tasnim – Commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi described the Persian Gulf as “the most important and strategic waterway…
Iran’s coverage: UN agency registers ‘Persian Gulf’ in official certificate
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Intl. registration of Persian Gulf name in WIPO The Director General of…
Intl. registration of Persian Gulf name in WIPO
MNA – The Director General of Industrial Property Office of the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade Seyed Mehdi Mir-Salehi announced the…
Iran plans to boost oil output in Persian Gulf
SHANA – The Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) signed a contract with PetroIran Company for maintaining and enhancing oil production capacity of…
On Iran, White House criticism grows, but U.S. military posture recedes
The Wall Street Journal |Nancy A. Youssef and Gordon Lubold: The Trump administration has been steadily ramping up its rhetoric on the threat posed…
Iran must break anti-Iranian coalition south of Persian Gulf
RNA – Former Director of the Middle East Department in Iran’s Foreign Ministry says the formation of a US’ military coalition with…
China’s active diplomacy in the Persian Gulf and its effect on Iran’s national interests
Iran Review | Ehsan Sadeqi Chimeh: Before Xi Jinping became president of China in 2012, the country’s strategy toward the Persian Gulf…
Persian Gulf’s water to reach Iran’s central provinces in a year
MNA – The project of water transfer from the Persian Gulf to Iran’s central provinces will complete by next year, said Mahmoud…
IRGC speedboats’ encounter with US carrier in Persian Gulf
Press TV – Iran has for the first time released a video showing speedboats of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) closing…
Photos: Iran’s Army, IRGC hold joint aerial drills in Persian Gulf, Sea of Oman
Mizan | Saeed Daneshvar: The Iranian Army and Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) warplanes staged joint aerials drills in the Persian Gulf…
Speaker: Iran standing against US plots in Persian Gulf
Tasnim – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said the country’s Armed Forces will never allow the US to turn the Persian Gulf…
IRGC, Army Forces joint military drill kicks off in Persian Gulf
MNA – On the occasion of the Sacred Defense Week, a joint military exercise was launched between Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)…
Second joint airborne parade of Army, IRGC in Persian Gulf soon
IRNA — Acting Deputy head of Army’s public relations department of Iran says a joint parade of the Army and Islamic Revolutionary…
New US navy military exercises in Persian Gulf as regional tensions rise
Sputnik – This month, the US Navy is conducting exercises it claims will guarantee freedom of movement through Persian Gulf and Red…
Commander: Iran in full control of Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz
FNA – Deputy Commander of the Iranian Army for Coordination Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari announced that the country’s Navy and the Islamic…
Iran moving main oil export terminal out of Persian Gulf
AFP – Iran is to move its main oil export terminal from the Persian Gulf to the Oman Sea, President Hassan Rouhani announced…