Tasnim A number of foreign military attachs and ambassadors to Iran paid a visit to an exhibition about the development projects carried out by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC). During the expo, the foreign diplomats and the military attachs were briefed on part of activities and projects carried out by Khatam al-Anbia Construction ...

Sputnik- Days before the arrival of 2017, Irans air force was busy testing its homemade Talash air defense system as part of an exercise dubbed Defenders of Velayat Skies 7, which some see as a military demonstration to warn potential adversaries such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and even the US, to stay away. The tests began withthe launch ofIranian-...

NE0| F. William Engdahl: The developing economic, political and military links binding Iran, China and Russia in what I see as an emerging Golden Triangle in Eurasia, are continuing to deepen insignificant areas. This, while it seems to be US geopolitical strategy in a prospective Trump Administration to distance Washington from both Iran and from ...

TEHRAN, Sep. 25 (MNA) Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces said Sun. that Russians seek to obtain the technology of manufacturing the Iranian long-range drones, capable of targeting positions with one meter squaresurfaces. Major General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri made the remark on Sunday during the ceremony of the new academic year for Irans Supreme ...

On Wednesday the US and Israel signed a deal on a record military aid package to Tel Aviv estimated at $38 billion, which comes as the largest pledge of US military assistance ever made to any country. Political scientist Robert Jervis told Radio Sputnik what the US gets in return for such lavish support. The military aid package agreed uponbetween ...

Moscow and Tehran are considering the possibility of bilateral military exercises and exchange of observers, local media reported on Tuesday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) Russias Izvestia newspaper reported, citing a source, that best practices inconducting joint drills were discussed duringthe talks betweenRussian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and commander ...

TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) Commander of Army Ground Forces has said the Army would held 20 military drill throughout the year. Brig. Gen. Ahmadreza Pourdastan who was talking to the press on the sidelines of unveiling ceremony of new Army achievements, told Mehr News that 17 special drills and 3 other great military drills would be held throughout the ...

TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) The 209 tactical helicopter simulator was inaugurated Sunday morning at the presence of Brig. Gen. Ahmad Reza Pourdastan. In an unveiling ceremony held on Sunday morning, a number of new achievements by the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Aviation (IRIAA) were inaugurated at the presence of Commander of the Iranian Army's ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- New Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said on Tuesday that combating threats and increasing the defensive power of Iran's military troops will stand atop his agenda. "Enhancing the Armed Forces' defensive and security capabilities, boosting the ability to confront threats and also upholding ...

Moscow strives to deliver Russia's S-300 air defense systems to Iran. MOSCOW (Sputnik) Moscow expends its best efforts toperform a contract fordeliveries ofRussia's S-300 air defense systems toIran, the director ofthe Federal Service forMilitary-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) said Monday. "Everything depends onboth parties. We do our best tofulfill ...

Iran and Russia have developed specific plans for bolstering the two countries military and technical cooperation, says Irans defense minister. Brigadier GeneralHossein Dehqan made the announcement following a meeting with RussianDefense Minister Sergei Shoigu held on the sidelines of the 5th Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS) ...

Tehran, April 25, IRNA Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki said his country saw no military solution possible for the Middle East crises. Talking in a joint press conference with Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday, he noted that despite many rounds of talks so far, the only conclusion is that there is no military solution ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The Iranian Armed Forces General Staff reaffirmed commitment to boosting the countrys military capabilities for defense. In a statement released on Saturday, ahead of the National Army Day, the Armed Forces General Staff gave an assurance that threats against Iran are being monitored and that efforts are constantly made to empower ...

Different units of the Iranian Army held massive military parades on vicinity of the shrine of the Founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini, on Sunday morning to mark the National Army Day. The event is attended by President Rouhani.     By ...

Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan plans to visit Russia to discuss further military cooperation between the two countries and attend a security conference, the Iranian Embassy in Moscow says. "The Iranian minister will have a meeting with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu," Russias TASS news agency quotedsources from the embassy on Friday....

TEHRAN, Apr. 13 (MNA) Iran's Navy commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said Islamic Republic of Irans doctrine is defensive, adding using electromagnetic waves helps immune vessels and submarines. Sayyari made the remarks in the Fourth National Conference on Engineering Electromagnetics held by Imam Khomeini University of Maritime Sciences ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Commander of Irans Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili highlighted the countrys major strides toward self-sufficiency in the area of air defense, saying that the Bases watchmen have been equipped with homegrown electro-optic systems. One of the duties of the (Khatam al-Anbia) Air Defense Base is ...

Nearly 500 active-duty and reserve personnel in the US military killed themselves last year, continuing a trend of unusually high suicide rates that haveplagued the US armed force for at least sevenyears. The US Defense Department reported Friday that265 active-duty soldiers in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps killed themselves in 2015....

REUTERS -- Russia will begin the first shipment of its S-300 air defense missile systems to Iran in the coming days, Interfax news agency quoted a senior Russian diplomat as saying on Tuesday. "I don't know if this will happen today, but they (S-300 missiles) will be loaded (for shipment to Iran)," the agency quoted Zamir Kabulov, a department chief ...

EHRAN (Tasnim) - Global military spending rose in 2015 for the first time in four years, with the US, China and Saudi Arabia topping the list, a Swedish-based research institute said Tuesday. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) estimated that global military expenditure totalled 1.67 trillion dollars in 2015, up 1% from ...