Tasnim A ranking Iranian Army commander unveiled plans for a boost in the range of the countrys coast-to-sea missiles, beyond 300 kilometers. Speaking to reporters in Tehran on Wednesday, lieutenant commander of the Army for operations, Admiral Mousavi, said Irans coast-to-sea missiles can now hit the targets within a range of 300 kilometers. The ...

IRNA Iran's navy fleet will continue its presence in the free waters in order to safeguard the country's national interests, said the Deputy Commander of Iran's Navy. Iran will dispatch as much navy fleets to open seas as it is required to secure national interests, said Rear Admiral Mahmoud Mousavi in an interview with the Islamic Republic News ...

MNA Iran Army Operations Deputy Officer reassured on Mon. that Iranian trade vessels and oil tankers on international waters will be protected against US threats. Speaking to reporters on Monday about Iranian oil tankers coming under US threats while sailing on international waters, Iran Army Operations Deputy Officer, Rear Admiral Seyyed ...

IRNA Nasr short-range missile was shot in the second day of the Mohammad Rasoulallah (PBUH) joint exercise of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army, said the spokesman of the drill on Tuesday. 'We have already used shoulder-launched missiles against air-borne targets, and Nasr short-range missile against surface targets,' said Second Flotilla Admiral ...

MNA Spokesperson for large-scale joint military exercises currently underway along the Makran coastal strip noted the successful launch of Fajr-5 rocket and Naziat missile during the drills. The fifth of its kind, the two-day military drills, code-named Muhammad Rasoulallah (Muhammad, the Messenger of God), has kicked off on Monday along the ...

Tasnim The Iranian Navys indigenized version of the Phalanx, a close-in weapon system (CIWS) on military vessels used for defense against anti-ship missiles, is undergoing tests, a top Navy commander said. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Rear Admiral Mahmoud Mousavi pointed to the manufacturing process of the Iranian version of the CIWS ...

Tasnim The Iranian Air Force has dispatched a number of its warplanes to the Caspian Sea for participation in a massive naval exercise, a Navy commander said. A number of F-4 Phantom fighter jets have taken part in the Iranian Navys drill in the Caspian Sea, Rear Admiral Mahmoud Mousavi told Tasnim. Code-named Sustainable Security and Power ...

Tasnim Deputy Commander of Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Mahmoud Mousavi said the naval forces are planned to test the countrys new weapons and military equipment in the ongoing military drills in northern Iran. The war game code-named Sustainable Security and Power 96 is part of annual exercises of the Nay in the waters of the Caspian Sea, Admiral ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The Iranian Navys 42nd flotilla of warships rescued seven sailors aboard a vessel that had been adrift in the northern Indian Ocean for two weeks, a high-ranking Navy official announced. Deputy Commander of Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Mahmoud Mousavi said the 42nd naval flotilla on Sunday came across a fishing vessel of the country ...

A high-ranking Iranian Navy commander says the countrys naval forces have successfully saved an Iranian oil tanker from pirates south of the Sea of Oman. The Iranian Navys Second-in-Command Rear Admiral Seyyed Mahmoud Mousavi said on Tuesday that the Iranian tanker came under attack on June 5 after a group of pirates on board a fishing barge approached ...

Tehran, April 29, IRNA The 34th flotilla of the Iranian Navy is set to arrive in Red Sea in near future, a senior navy official said on Wednesday. Navy's Deputy Commander Rear Admiral Mahmoud Mousavi said the Navy's 34th flotilla is currently patrolling in the waters of the Bab Al-Mandab Strait. He stressed that the 34th flotilla, which comprises ...