TEHRAN (Tasnim) Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Gholam Reza Khadem Bigham announced that the fleets of the Navy have escorted over 3,500 ships on the high seas across the world in recent years. Up to now, more than 3,500 ships have been escorted in the international waters, Rear Admiral Khadem Bigham told the Tasnim News ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Irans Navy is going to have an indigenized version of the Phalanx, a close-in weapon system (CIWS) on the military vessels used for defense against anti-ship missiles, a top commander said. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Lieutenant Commander of Irans Navy Admiral Gholam Reza Biqam said the countrys Defense Ministry has ...

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian Navy's Deputy Commander Rear Admiral Gholam-Reza Khadem Bigham said nobody is allowed to close the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. Khadem Bigham reiterated that Bab-el-Mandeb Strait is an international waterway and Iranian ships, like those of other countries, have the right to pass through ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A senior Iranian Navy commander announced that a massive drill code-named Velayat 94 is planned to be held in the northern areas of Indian Ocean in the coming days. Navy Lieutenant Commander Rear Admiral Gholam Reza Khadem Bigham said that Velayat 94 will be held later in the Iranian calendar month of Dey (started on December 22)....

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's new home-made submarine 'Fateh (Conqueror)' is now in final testing stage and will soon be delivered to the Naval forces in the near future, a senior Navy commander announced on Wednesday. "Fateh has passed all stages of construction and the defense ministry is now doing the final tests," Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian ...

Jask, Dec 28, IRNA Deputy Navy commander Rear-Admiral Gholamreza Khadem Bigham said Sunday that the Navy will test-fire new domestically-made weapons in 'Mohammad Rasoulallah' wargames underway in southern Iran. Khadem Bigham said the maneuver is a massive one representing the might of the Iranian army. All weapons which are being used or are to ...

The Islamic Republic of Iran will nip in the bud any moves against the countrys interests, says the Navys deputy commander. Speaking on the sidelines of a visit to a naval base in the Persian Gulf island of Kharg on Friday, Rear Admiral Gholam-Reza Khadem Bigham noted, The base carried out a lot of operational work during the Holy Defense period (the ...

Noshahr, Mazandaran Prov, Sept 4, IRNA - Deputy Commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Gholamreza Khadem Bigham said Wednesday that Tehran has proposed establishment of an international organization to fight against piracy. Commander Bigham made the remarks on the sideline of the first national gathering on modern marine technologies currently ...

Iranian Navys Deputy Commander Rear Admiral Gholam-Reza Khadem Bigham has rejected claims about the detention of an Iranian arms ship in Yemens port of Saleef. I do not confirm this report and I think that many such reports are political games, Khadem Bigham said on Sunday. On Saturday, the London-based Arab dailyAl-Sharq al-Awsatreported that ...