Two Iranian warships on Sunday (July 25) participated in naval parade of Russia's Navy Day. Iran's Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi has traveled to St. Petersburg upon the invitation of the Russian Minister of Defense. Iran Navys Sahand and Makran warships arrived at Saint Petersburg, Russia on Saturday. According to Russian Defense ...

A flotilla of Iranian warships has left the countrys southern port city of Bandar Abbas for high seas on a routine mission to maintain the Islamic Republics power and safeguard its interests in international waters. The 71stnaval fleet, including Alborz destroyer and Kharg helicopter carrier, embarked on the voyage on Saturday in a ceremony attended ...

IRNA Iranian Warship was decorated with Iran's flag in the Persian Gulf to mark the National Day of the Persian Gulf. 'Sahand warship was chosen for the ceremony after holding frequent meetings, and the main reason was that the warship was Iranian made and joined the Army fleet three years ago,' said the Director General of the southern Hormuzgan ...

CBS News - Iranian warships will sail for the first time into Atlantic waters early in 2019, the deputy commander of Iran's navy has said. The long-distance voyage would bring Iran's military forces closer to U.S. soil, and territorial waters, than they have been since the 1979 Islamic revolution which brought the current regime to power. Iranian ...

MNA Iran's Navy Commander, Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, said on Monday that two vessels of Iranian Navy will attend the shooting and firing competitions in Azerbaijan. In accordance with the orders of the Commander-in-Chief (the Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran ), which has designated the Navy as a political, scientific, international and ...

MNA Three Iranian warships have docked at Indias Mumbai port as part of Irans Navys mission in Indian Ocean, marking expansion of relations between the two countries. According to the Public Relations Department of Iranian Army Navy, the three Iranian Navy warships docked at the port of Mumbai in west India this morning in order to enhance the ...

FNA- Commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi announced the country's plans to dispatch flotillas of warships to Italy, Spain and Algeria. "The Italian fleets of warships have made several visits to Bandar Abbas (a Southern port city in Iran) so far and we have friendly relations with the Italian Navy now and we will certainly ...

Sputnik News- The Iranian Navy will soon be sending a force to visit Latin America and the Gulf of Mexico, a newly-appointed naval commander has said. The move will be a demonstration of the countrys ability to project power far beyond its shores. In his first press conference in Tehran since being appointed, Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein ...

IRNA Deputy navy commander Rear Admiral Peyman Jafari announced that his forces deployed in the high seas have escorted 2,100 cargo ships and oil tankers so far. 'Since insecurities started due to piracy in the Gulf of Aden, we have been continuously present in the region of turmoil and have escorted 2,100 oil tankers and cargo ships in the danger ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's 38th fleet of warships berthed in the Tanzanian Port of Dar es Salaam on Tuesday after nearly two months of patrolling mission designed to protect the country's ships and interests in international waters. The 38th fleet of Naqdi destroyer and helicopter-carrier Bushehr and Lavan warships left the Iranian port on January 20 ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A warship and two naval aircraft rejoined the Iranian Navy on Tuesday after undergoing fundamental repairs by the local experts. In a ceremony attended by Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari in the countrys southern province of Hormozgan on Tuesday morning, the overhauled equipment returned to service and joined the southern ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran sent its second fleet of warships, including a home-made destroyer, to the Russian territorial waters on Sunday. The Iranian fleet of warships which includes Joshan (Shield) and Peykan (Arrow) warships and the hi-tech Damavand destroyer is due to berth in Russia's Astarakhan port for a 12-day stay that bears the message of peace ...

Tehran, Aug 22, IRNA - Irans naval forces saved two foreign cargo vessels from pirates attacks in two separate operations in the Gulf of Aden, a military official has announced. Deputy Commander of Iran's Navy Rear Admiral Mahmoud Mousavi said Navy's 35th Fleet was informed of an attack by pirates on a foreign cargo ship, The English language daily ...

The U.S. Navy appears to have a new low-cost plan to counter Irans fleet of speedboats. As part of its asymmetric naval doctrine, Iran has amassed a fleet of Fast Inshore Attack Craft (FIAC) and speedboats equipped with anti-ship cruise missiles. The strategy aims to overwhelm U.S. warships operating in the Persian Gulf through the use of swarm ...