MNA In a statement on Wednesday, the Iranian Parliament hailed the recent Grand Zolfaghar-99 military exercise, staged by the Army. The three-day exercise, dubbed Zolfaghar-99, kicked off last Thursday under the command of the Armys Zolfaghar base with the participation and cooperation of four branches of the Army on the area of two million ...

ISNA | Hadi Zand: The Iranian Army on Saturday finished a large-scale military exercise in the Sea of Oman and parts of the Indian Ocean. The drill, codenamed Zolfaqar-99, had begun on Thursday with forces from various units in attendance, including the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, and Air Defense. The drill zone covered an area of 2 million square ...

ISNA | Hadi Zand: The coast-to-sea cruise missile Ghader was fired in Irans Army military exercise Zolfaghar-99. The missile fired from a coast-to-sea site successfully hit the target at a distance of more than 200 km. The three-day exercises, dubbed Zolfaqar-99, kicked off on Thursday under the command of the Armys Zolfaqar base, with observers from ...

ISNA | Hadi Zand: The three-day exercises, dubbed Zolfaqar-99, kicked off on Thursday under the command of the Armys Zolfaqar base, with observers from the Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base in attendance. The drills cover an area of two million square kilometers in the eastern waters of the Strait of Hormuz, Makran coast, Oman Sea and North Ocean India ...

MNA Commander of the Iranian Army's Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi announced on Monday that Iran and Russia have agreed to conduct another joint military exercise in some specific areas of the Indian Ocean by the year end. A coordination meeting will be held between the two sides in this regard, he said while in Moscow on his three-day visit ...

Tasnim |Hossein Zohrvand: Iranian naval forces on Fri. started massive three-day naval drills, codenamed Velayat 97, in the Sea of Oman and the Indian Ocean with the participation of home-grown, recently unveiled Fateh submarine and Sahand destroyer. The following photos show part of the large-scale exercises in Makran coastal areas on the Persian ...

MNA Iran is spending some $15 billion to carry out 40 major infrastructure projects in Makran shores, said secretary of Makran shores development committee. Ali Akbar Soleimani made the remarks Saturday in the closing ceremony of a conference dedicated to discussing the investments opportunities of Sistan and Baluchistan province in Chabahar. He ...

MNA The Iranian First Vice-President Eshagh Jahangiri said Sunday that Makran shores in southern country should be turned to a hub for development and progress in Hormozgan and Sistan and Baluchestan provinces. He made the remarks at the 6th session of Makran shores developing committee which was held with ministers of defense, agriculture, and ...

IRNA - The Speaker of Majlis (Iranian Parliament) said that paying due attention to the Makran region will change the country's future and pave the way for progress. Ali Larijani said on Wednesday in the city of Jask, Hormozgan Province, 'Makran, in the eyes of the Supreme Leader and both in the policy making and in the Sixth Plan of Development,...

Tasnim A top Iranian Army official highlighted the far-reaching advantages of development of Makran, a stretch of coast southeast of Iran emerging as a major naval base and commercial hub of maritime trade. Development of Makran coasts would lead to development of the whole country, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, deputy chief of the Iranian Army ...

Tasnim Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami plans to pay an official visit to China in the near future as part of efforts to boost Tehran-Beijing military ties. Heading a high-ranking delegation, Brigadier General Hatami will travel to China at the official invitation of his counterpart in the East Asian country. During his ...

MNA Iranian Armys Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi has reiterated Iran's special attention to the development of Makran region. Speaking in a local ceremony in Konarak,Sistan and Baluchestan province, on Sunday, Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said "after the Islamic Revolution, the Navy has developed dramatically on Makran Shores as ...

Tasnim Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said his ministry is resolved to establish sustainable security in Makran, a stretch of coast southeast of Iran emerging as a major naval base and a hub of maritime trade. Addressing a ceremony held on Monday for signing a contract on the construction of a pipeline between the Iranian ...

February 26, The Iran Project - The second international conference on introducing investment opportunities and sustainable development in Makran coast in the coastal strip of Makran in southeastern inaugurated in Tehran on Sunday (Feb. 25) attended by several high-ranking officials. First VP Eshaq Jahangiri, Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir ...

SHANA - The energy ties between Iran and India will increase in such areas as Makran Coasts and Chabahar Port, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said. Briefing reporters on Monday on the achievements of President Rouhani's recent visit to New Delhi, Ghasemi said: "The Cooperation between Iran and India will develop especially in ...

Tasnim Tehran will host a conference on development of Makran, a stretch of coast southeast of Iran emerging as a major naval base and commercial hub of maritime trade, the Iranian defense minister announced. Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Brigadier General Amir Hatami said the major conference on investment opportunities in Makran and sustainable ...

Tasnim Irans Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi highlighted the strategic significance of the countrys southeastern coasts by the Sea of Oman, saying the Makran region provides a golden link with the world. As Irans major coasts, Makran coasts are a golden gate for links with the world, Rear Admiral Khanzadi said in a gathering of ...

MNA The commander of Irans navy says that despite the maritime wealth of the country, colonial super powers have always deprived the Iranian nation from tapping the sea opportunities. Iran's Navy Commander Rear-Admiral Habibollah Sayyari addressed the commanders, instructors, and students at Imam Khomeini Maritime University in Nowshahr, north ...

MNA President Hassan Rouhani has said economic projects will bring boom to southeastern province through developing Makran coasts.Mr. Rouhani arrived in Zahedan Tuesday morning to inaugurate economic and construction projects in the far-flung province. He told the welcoming crowd that the province had been secure since long thanks to the efforts of ...

Tasnim Hundreds of the Iranian Navys Special Forces and commandos were stationed in the Makran region on Sunday as part of the ongoing naval exercises in southern parts of the country. The Iranian Navy on Sunday deployed hundreds of its forces to different parts of the Makran region located in southeast of the country, along the coasts of the ...