Domestically-manufactured air defense systems of Joshan and Khatam were successfully test-fired during major airpower drill in Iran, an Iranian commander said on Wednesday. Brigadier General Qader Rahimzadeh, the commander of the countrys Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base, said that in the following phase of the maneuvers named Modafean Aseman ...

Irans Air Defense units staged a large-scale military exercise in the countrys central desert areas on Tuesday. Attended by air defense units from the Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), the joint air defense exercise, codenamed Guardians of Velayat Sky-1400, kicked off on Tuesday morning. Organizers say the exercise is aimed ...

The Iranian Armys Ground Force has kicked off a massive military drill in the countrys northwestern regions using various units. Codenamed Conquerors of Khaybar, the war game began on Friday morning with the support of Airborne units in the general area of the northwest region of the country, where other Army units from 216th Armored Brigades, 316th ...

Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said several massive military exercises launched by Iran in recent weeks have forced the enemy to leave the region. In a meeting with a senior Iranian cleric in Qom on Sunday, the top general highlighted the Iranian Armed Forces success in overcoming the enemys mounting ...

Irans senior military commander says the countrys recent back-to-back military drills had the United States give up its threats of military action against the Islamic Republic. The remarks came less than a week after Iran's Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) wrapped up a series of maneuverswhichsaw the forces testtheir various armed ...

Irans Air Defense units are going to stage a military exercise covering more than half of the countrys territories. The joint air defense exercise, codenamed Guardians of Velayat Sky-99, will begin on Wednesday, the commander of the war game said. The drill, involving air defense units from the Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC),...

Press TV - Irans naval forces have successfully tested new-generation cruise missiles designed and developed by experts at home during military drills in the Sea of Oman and the northern Indian Ocean. During the maneuvers, the long-range and short-range missiles were successfully fired from the coast and from decks of ships, hitting the designated ...

Tasnim | Erfan Kouchari: The Iranian air defense units on Friday staged the final phase of a large-scale military exercise in the northern parts of the country. The final phase of the joint air defense exercise, codenamed Guardians of Velayat Sky-98, began in an area of 416,000 square kilometers mostly in the province of Semnan. During the Friday drills,...

Tasnim - Armys Ground Force has started an unexpected military drill in Urmia, northwest of the country, on Wednesday. The war-game kicked off on Wednesday morning with Commander of Irans Army Major General Seyyed Abdolrahim Mousavi and Commander of Iran's Army Ground Force Brigadier General Kioomars Heidari in presence.      ...

MNA The Head of Iranian Army's Strategic Studies Center Brigadier General Pourdastan said that some military drills of Iranian armed forces are held in the dark while some others are done publicly to send caution to enemies. We have a series of wargames which are held secretly as the one held last month and was recently announced; a collection ...

Tasnim | Farshid Daryanous: The Iranian Armed Forces staged a joint aerial exercise on Friday in Bandar Abbas, south Iran.  

Press TV - Fighter jets of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have taken part in joint aerial drills over the Persian Gulf waters ahead of a massive parade slated for Sunday. Various combat, tactical, reconnaissance, transport, and tanker aircraft of the IRIAF and the IRGC were present at ...

Tasnim - The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force conducted large-scale drills in mountainous regions of Northwestern Iran in West Azarbaijan province. The wargames dubbed as 'Qadir' (aslo Ghadeer) is meant to cleanse the region of terrorist groups that might be hiding at the bordering areas of Bouralan region near the town of Maku ...

January 27, The Iran Project -The Iranian Armys ground forces staged the two-day "Eqtedar (Power)" large-scale war game in the central province of Isfahan to showcasetheir deployment capabilities. On Friday morning (Jan. 25), Commander of Irans Army Ground Forces Brigadier General Kioumars Heydari inaugurated the massive military drills which aimed ...

MNA Commander of Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi announced that the naval forces of Iran and Russia have begun preparing for the tactical, relief and rescue and anti-piracy war games to be operated in the near future. "The cooperation between the naval forces of Iran and Russia, as well as the Caspian Sea region, has been strengthened ...

Tasnim A large-scale war game the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force had staged in the Persian Gulf came to an end with the fulfillment of all objectives. The main phase of the offensive war game, codenamed Payambar-e Azam-12 (The Great Prophet), kicked off near the Qeshm island on Saturday and achieved all objectives. The drill ...

Tasmin | Hamed Malekpour: The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps holds the main and final stage of massive exercises in the Persian Gulf, launching an offensive component in Iran's defensive strategy for the first time. The Great Prophet12 drillentered its final chapter in the general area on Saturday, with IRGC chief GeneralMohammad Ali Jafari saying ...

November 10, The Iran Project -Irans Army Air Force and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)jointly launched an annual air defense drills dubbed "the Defenders of Velayat Skies 2018" to test their capabilities in defending the countrys airspace against a wide range of threats, using an array of advanced weapons systems. The two-day military ...

MNA � The advanced surface-to-air missile system 'Mersad' was successfully test-fired during the Modafean-e-Aseman-e-Velayat 97 air defense drills, which was held by Iranian air forces over an area nearly half a million sq. km in the northern, eastern, western and central Iran on Monday and Tuesday.      

Tasnim An air defense military exercise, underway in large parts of Iran, was brought to a climax on its second day when a homegrown missile defense system and a new 3-D radar were unveiled and became operational. The second day of Velayat air defense drill that began in central, northern and western Iran on Tuesday saw the Mersad missile defense ...