Iran to resume naval patrol in Red Sea, top general says
Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri unveiled plans for the resumption of naval patrol missions…
Tag Archives: Red Sea
Iran Navy keeping an eye on ‘insecure’ Red Sea: Cmdr. Khanzadi
MNA – Commander of Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said Wed. that the Navy is keeping an eye on the Red…
Iran ‘Will Respond’ to October attack on tanker ‘At Appropriate Time And Place’
Radio Farda – Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on November 9 in Moscow that Iran will respond to the attack…
Missile-hit oil tanker Sabiti enters Iran’s territorial waters
Press TV – An Iranian oil tanker that was recently hit by two missiles in a suspicious attack in waters off the…
Iran submits details of attack on tanker in Red Sea to UN Security Council
Sputnik – Tehran has sent documents related to the recent attack on Iran’s oil tanker in the Red Sea to the UN…
Iran’s response to those involved in SABITI incident will be harsh: Shamkhani
MNA – “Iran will give a harsh response to those involved in Iranian oil tanker, SABITI, in the Red Sea, those who…
Iranian MP accuses Israel, Saudi Arabia of attacking tanker in Red Sea
RT – Footage proves last week’s attack on an Iranian oil tanker was carried out by the US, Israel, and Saudi Arabia,…
Iran denies tanker attacked in Red Sea keeps leaking
Press TV – Iran’s state-run operator of oil tankers has rejected media reports suggesting a ship that was attacked last week in…
One or several govts. involved in SABITI tanker attack: Zarif
MNA – Iranian FM Mohamamd Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that the Friday attack on Iranian oil tanker, SABITI, was carried out…
Iran president says there is video footage of attack on Iranian tanker
Reuters – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said an Iranian tanker damaged in the Red Sea on Friday had been hit by at…
Iran reveals pictures of oil tanker ‘damaged by rocket strike’
Sky News – New pictures have emerged showing damage to an Iranian tanker allegedly struck by rockets near the Saudi port city…
Investigation into Iran tanker attack in Red Sea to continue: Rouhani
SHANA — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said investigations would continue to determine who were behind the Friday missile strike on an Iranian…
Saudi Arabia says it is not behind Iranian tanker struck in Red Sea
Reuters – A Saudi minister said on Sunday that Riyadh was not behind a suspected strike against an Iranian-owned oil tanker in…
UK voices concern over Iran tanker incident in Red Sea
IRNA – Spokesman of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office expressed concern over the recent accident happened for the Iranian oil tanker in…
Putin condemns attack on Iranian oil tanker
FNA – Russian President Vladimir Putin recommended Iran’s neighbors in Persian Gulf to treat Tehran with respect, as tensions between Iran and…
MP says naval forces should accompany Iranian vessels in Red Sea
MNA – A member of Parliament pointed to Friday’s attack on an Iranian oil tanker in the Red Sea, saying that the…
Missile-stricken Iran oil tanker back home in 10 days
SHANA — The CEO of the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) said that SABITI, an NITC-owned oil tanker which was hit by…
Saudi Arabia says it was ready to help Iran vessel
AFP – Saudi Arabia said Saturday it was ready to help the Iranian tanker that was allegedly attacked off the kingdom’s coast,…
‘Acts of mischief’ in international waters not to go unanswered: Shamkhani
MNA – Iranian top security official Ali Shamkhani vowed response to destabilizing moves international waters, adding that Iran has found clues about…
Iranian government spokesman decries ‘cowardly attack’ on oil tanker
Reuters – An Iranian government spokesman on Saturday called the apparent targeting of an Iranian oil tanker by missiles a “cowardly attack”…
NITC says no country has helped stricken Iran tanker in Red Sea
SHANA — The CEO of the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) said no ship nor any authority had responded to distress messages…
Iran calls attack on oil tanker ‘Dangerous Adventurism’
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi deplored the Friday attack on an Iranian oil tanker in the Red Sea…
Iran accuses Saudi Arabia of attack on oil tanker in Red Sea
Bloomberg – Iran said missiles that struck one of its oil tankers in the Red Sea probably came from Saudi Arabia, marking…
Iranian oil tanker hit by two blasts in Red Sea
Press TV – Two separate explosions, possibly caused by missile attacks, in an Iranian oil tanker operated by the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC)…
Iran tanker ‘HELM’ breaks down in Red Sea
MNA – The National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) reported Wed. that one of its oil tankers, identified as HELM, has broken down…
Iran oil tanker breaks down in Red Sea off Saudi coast
AP — An Iranian oil tanker carrying over 1 million barrels of fuel oil suffered a malfunction in the Red Sea off…
Yemen’s Houthis unilaterally halt retaliatory attacks in Red Sea
Press TV – Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement has unilaterally suspended its retaliatory attacks in the Red Sea, from where Saudi-led warships have…
IRGC Commander: US driven out from East Mediterranean to Red Sea
FNA- Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Hossein Salami referred to Washington’s repeated failures in its regional…
Egyptian high court rejects decision to give Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia
Sputnik News– A high court in Egypt upheld on Monday a previous ruling that overturned the government’s decision to transfer two Red…
Formation of joint militia between Saudi Arabia and Israel in Red sea
Based on secret documents leaked by a senior military official linked to left-wing liberal party “Meretz”, in 2014 a memorandum of understanding…
Egypt’s Sisi under fire for giving away Red Sea islands
Egyptians from ordinary citizens and activists to former officials and politicians line up to vent their anger at President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s decision to…
Sudan army says it toppled Israeli drone that infiltrated its air space
Army spokesman quoted by official news agency saying that the UAV carrying two missiles entered from the direction of the Red Sea;…
Iranian flotilla to arrive in Red Sea: Commander
Tehran, April 29, IRNA – The 34th flotilla of the Iranian Navy is set to arrive in Red Sea in near future,…
Iran seeking military interactions with Gulf of Aden littoral states
TEHRAN (FNA)- Commander of the Iranian Navy’s 32nd flotilla of warships Captain Seyed Hossein Sharifinasab underlined that the Navy sends its warships…
Iran forces must thwart naval threats at source: Military official
A senior Iranian military official has called for the preparedness of the Iranian Armed Forces to foil threats posed to the Islamic…
Iran Navy foils pirate attack on Iranian oil tanker
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s naval forces have successfully foiled a pirate attack on an Iranian oil tanker in the Red Sea,…
Sudan says it declined Iran air defense offer after attack
(Reuters) – Sudan turned down an Iranian offer to set up air defenses on its Red Sea coast after a 2012 air…
Sudan: Govt rejected Iranian offers for building air defense system on Red Sea coast – FM
Khartoum — The Sudanese foreign minister Ali Karti disclosed that his government turned down several offers by Iran by which it would…
Navy thwarts pirate attacks on Iranian cargo ship
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Navy’s 29th fleet of warships foiled attacks on the country’s cargo ship which had been besieged by pirates…