FNA - Deputy Head of Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization Jalil Eslami underlined that given the Iranian vessels professional behavior in international waters, Washington is not able to seize them under the pretext of sanctions. If a country acts based on the technical and engineering protocols and the rules, no country can seize its ships, Eslami ...

MNA Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi lauded the Iranian forces readiness on the ground, see and the skies, saying that the countrys naval fleet is equipped with the worlds latest military technologies. Rear Admiral Khanzadi made the remarks on Monday, during a visit to the Iranian Navys factories in the southern port city of ...

Press TV - The United States Navy is claiming that 11 Iranian ships repeatedly came close to its military vessels in dangerous and harassing approaches in the Persian Gulf. The US Naval central command made the allegation in a statement on Wednesday. It alleged that the Iranian vessels repeatedly crossed the bows and sterns of the US vessels ...

MNA A member of Parliament pointed to Fridays attack on an Iranian oil tanker in the Red Sea, saying that the country's naval fleets should accompany and support the Iranian ships in the waters. It seems to be necessary to dispatch supporting fleets along with Iranian oil tankers and ships in the Red Sea, especially in this region [that Friday ...

MNA Two Iranian vessels have been stuck for weeks at Brazilian ports due to lack of fuel, which state-run oil firm Petrobras refuses to sell them due to US sanctions, according to a report. The vessels Bavand and Termeh came to Brazil a couple ofmonths ago carrying urea, a petrochemical product used as fertilizer. They were expected to ...

Tasnim The deputy head of Irans Ports and Maritime Organization announced that a foreign cargo ship has sunk in the waters off the Shahid Rajaee port in the southern city of Bandar Abbas but all 14 people aboard the vessel have survived. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Hadi Haqshenas said a lack of coordination between the ships officer and ...

Tasnim The body of one of the sailors who went missing in the East China Sea following a collision between an Iranian tanker and a Chinese bulk ship has been found dead in the Pacific Ocean, an Iranian official said. Searchers have found the body of one of the missing sailors in the East China Sea, CEO of Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran Mohammad ...

IRNA - Thirty-two crew members, including 30 Iranians and two Bengalese, have gone missing after two vessels collided off China's east coast on Saturday evening, China's Ministry of Transport said Sunday. The collision, between a Panama-registered oil tanker and a Hong Kong-registered bulk freighter, occurred at around 8 p.m. Saturday in waters about ...

Tasnim The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy commander warned the enemies of the heavy costs they would have to pay in case of any act of aggression against Irans watercraft in international waters, saying scores of IRGC vessels patrol the countrys southern waters around the clock. No one in the world dares to look askance at our (Iranian) ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said the country plans to unveil new domestically-made surface and subsurface vessels by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2016 March 20, 2017). Advanced surface and subsurface vessels manufactured by the Iranian Navy will be unveiled in the current year, Rear ...

Iranian naval vessels fired what appeared to be warning shots over a Singapore-flagged ship in international waters in the Gulf on Thursday, prompting it to flee to United Arab Emirates waters, U.S. officials said. The Alpine Eternity, a 29,130 gross tonnes oil products tanker, has safely reached the UAE port of Jebel Ali after coming under attack ...

A number of media outlets, including Fox News, are reporting that tensions in the Middle East have abruptly escalated with word that the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt has just been dispatched to the waters off Yemen. According to a developing story on the Fox News website, the warship nicknamed The Big Stick will join other American ships ...

[caption id="attachment_100808" align="alignright" width="211"] Iran's Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari[/caption] TEHRAN (FNA)- Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari underscored Iran's capability in overhauling and manufacturing different vessels, and said the country is among the 10 top world states with the capability ...

TEHRAN Dec 08 (Shana)--Irans fuel supply to vessels in high seas has exceeded two billion liters to stand at 2.46 billion liter in the first eight months of the current calendar year (started March 21), up 32 percent year-on-year, the managing-director of National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company said. Naser Sajjadi said supplying fuel oil ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari underlined his forces' all-out preparedness and power to continue providing a safe and secure passage for the country's trade vessels and oil tankers in the high seas. "Establishment of naval prowess is the duty of the Armed Forces and all maritime bodies and organizations should ...