A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEI Critical Threats Project Iran Analysts Mehrdad Moarefian and Marie Donovan, with contributors Chris Rawlins and Diana Timmerman. To receive this daily newsletter, please subscribe online. Key takeaway:The Supreme Leader ordered units participating ...

[caption id="attachment_24857" align="alignright" width="300"] An Iranian long-range Shahab 3 missile is being launched during the second day of military exercises, codenamed Great Prophet 7, July 3, 2012.[/caption] Irans deputy defense minister says the Islamic Republic has successfully test-fired a land-to-sea ballistic missile in the Persian Gulf....

Iranian naval forces have successfully test fired Ghader (Capable) coast-to-seaand Noor (Light) surface-to-surface missiles on the fifth day of the Velayat 91 military maneuvers. Spokesman for the Velayat 91 naval drill Rear Admiral Amir Rastegari told Press TV on Tuesday that Ghader cruise missile had successfully and precisely hit and destroyed ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran says it has tested advanced anti-ship missiles in the final day of a naval drill near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for one-fifth of the world's oil supply. State TV says "Ghader", or "Capable", a missile with a range of 200 kilometers (120 miles), was among the weapons used Tuesday. It says the weapon can ...

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), which is responsible for providing security in the Persian Gulf waters and strategic Strait of Hormuz on the order of the Supreme Commander in Chief Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, has attempted to boost its capabilities in submarine warfare. Earlier this year, Iran's Commander of the IRGC, Major GeneralMohammad ...