Iran’s Defense Ministry says the country has long-term plans to develop satellite launch vehicles capable of putting cargoes weighing up to 15 tons into orbit.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that Tehran is not after tension and war, but still cannot bow down to aggressive powers. President Rouhani made the remarks during the inauguration ceremony of national projects of the Ministry of Defense. Talks made it clear that if the US and other signatories fulfill their commitments with no ...

The Defense Ministry of Iran has devised a special strategy to fight Takfiri terrorism on the basis of plans and ideas of late commander Lt. General Qassem Soleimani, the defense minister said. Addressing a ceremony in commemoration of General Soleimani, held in Tehran on Saturday, Brigadier General Amir Hatami said his ministry has adopted a special ...

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier-General Amir Hatami warned on Monday that crimes, assassinations and foolish terrorist acts will not remain unanswered. "We chase the criminals to the end," General Hatami said at afuneral procession held here Monday morning for Mohsen Fakhrizadeh,head of the Research and Innovation Organization of Iran's ...

The Iranian Defense Ministry unveiled the first domestically-produced ultrasound screening machine on Tuesday. The device, designed and built by Iranian experts and scientists, was unwrapped in a ceremony attended by Deputy Defense Minister Second Brigadier General Ghassem Taghizadeh at Tehrans Chamran Hospital. According to Taghizadeh,...

IRNA - Irans Ministry of Defense in a statement on Thursday said that the UK must take practical measures concerning a 40-year debt to the country. In reaction to not paying off the debt by the UK, the statement added that the authorities in the UK have refused to pay the debt under various pretexts such as unlawful and cruel sanctions, causing ...

MNA The exhibition of manufacturing industrial parts was opened in the presence of Iranian Minister of Defense Brigadier General Amir Hatami on Thursday. Iranian Ministry of Defense held an exhibition of manufacturing domestic industrial parts on Thursday. The latest achievements in the fields of aviation, aerospace, marine and helicopter industry,...

MNA Iranian Defense Min. Brigadier General Amir Hatami said that his ministry is determined to support the Army Navy and Navy of the IRGC with improving their naval combat power. In his meeting with Irans Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, Hatami said, "Considering the importance of waterways in various sectors such as security, economy ...

Tasnim A company affiliated with Irans Defense Ministry opened the first Iranian supermarket in Venezuela. Irans Defense Ministry said the Etka company has opened the supermarket in Caracas offering Iranian products. The supermarket, called Megasis, has been established with the purpose of boosting the production and export of Iranian commodities....

Tasnim An Iranian Defense Ministry official unveiled plans for the mass production of homegrown helicopter Saba-248. The managing director of the Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO), a subsidiary of the Defense Ministry, announced on Sunday that Iran is going to mass produce the domestically-manufactured helicopter Saba in the current ...

Tasnim The Iranian Defense Ministry assured the anti-Israeli resistance front that it will provide unwavering support for Palestine. In a statement on Saturday, the Defense Ministry of Iran said the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic will vigorously support and defend the front of resistance considering that a new chapter was opened in the Palestinian ...

MNA For the first time in the world, experts in the Iranian ministry of defense have achieved the technology of producing face masks with ionized filtering piece in Iran. As reported, the technology is home-grown and there are no foreign rivals for the product. The line for mass production of the masks was inaugurated by Iranian Minister of ...

Tasnim Irans Ministry of Defense has developed the third generation of test kits for diagnosing the novel coronavirus, an official said. Iranian scientists at the Defense Ministry have managed to produce the third generation of coronavirus tests kits that can detect targets in the RdRp gene, chief of the Defense Ministrys Health, Medical and Rescue ...

IRNA - Defense Minister announced on Sunday that the Defense Industries Organization of Iran has been making round-the-clock efforts to help both medical centers and the Iranian people fight the coronavirus (COVID-19). Defense Industries Organization will make use of all its capabilities to meet the needs of the health and medical centers to contain ...

Tasnim Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said the Defense Ministry is working hard to keep up with domestic demand for medical items for the fight against the coronavirus. Brigadier General Hatami on Tuesday paid visits to military factories affiliated with the Defense Ministry producing detergents, health products, and ethyl ...

MNA Irans Defense Ministry has unveiled an advanced home-made thermal camera which can be useful to detect those having fever as a symptom of being infected with the new coronavirus. Deputy Defense Minister Brigadier General Shahrokh Shahram said on Wednesday in the unveiling ceremony that experts of the body have gained the know-how to domestically ...

Tasnim The coronavirus testing kits developed by Iranian Defense Ministrys medical experts and engineers have been approved by the Pasteur Institute of Iran, the spokesman for the government said. Testing kits for accurate diagnosis of the coronavirus have been produced thanks to efforts made by the countrys Armed Forces, Ali Rabiee said on Friday....

Financial Tribune - With US sanctions taking a harsh toll on Iranian car companies, the Defense Ministry has extended help to the beleaguered industry to help sustain its operations Iran's Defense Ministry has signed a deal with local car manufacturing company SAIPA to curb the auto sector's reliance on foreign parts. Iranian car companies depend ...

MNA Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said Thu. that his ministry has no need to look outside the borders for procuring all kinds of defensive equipment needed on the battleground. The Ministry of Defense does not look outside the borders for procuring any minor or major defensive equipment that the country needs on the battleground,...

Tasnim Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami expressed the ministrys readiness to supply the Police forces with advanced defense products. In a message on Saturday, General Hatami offered congratulations on the Iranian Police Week, paying tribute to the Police forces for their devotion and efforts to ensure security across the ...