Hengam is one of the Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf, measuring some 50 square kilometers. With salt and lead mines, Hengam is of strategic importance as it is situated near the Strait of Hormuz.
The Iran Project - The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iran has seized two foreign oil tankers smuggling over 1.5 million liters of fuel in the Persian Gulf and detained the crew on board.
According to Mohammad Sharif Shirali, the Deputy Commander of the IRGCs Third Naval Zone, the Panama and Tanzania-flagged vessels named "Stephen" ...
Pentagon says it plans to deploy additional fighter jets and naval assets to the Persian Gulf region to strengthen US military presence in the region, an announcement that comes against the backdrop of Irans stern warning.
Addressing abriefing on Monday, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh claimed the deployment would be an effort to counter ...
The managing director of Irans Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructures Company (CDTIC) said the Persian Gulf will be connected to the Caspian Sea via rail within the next two months.
Kheirollah Khademi announced this on Sunday, adding that the construction operation of the substructure of the Rasht-Caspian Railway will be ...
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says that the Persian Gulf is an important part of the undeniable identity of Iran.
Amir-Abollahian in a tweet on the occasion of the National Persian Gulf Day on Sunday, considered the Persian Gulf a natural source full of benefits for the residents around it, saying thatit is an important ...
A commander at the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) naval forces has announced that the force has seized a foreign tanker in the Persian Gulf loaded with 1.45 million liters of smuggled diesel.
Round-the-clock observation of the Persian Gulf through state-of-the-art equipment led to the operation, Brigadier General Ramezan Zirrahi, the ...
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy seized a foreign vessel carrying smuggled fuel in the Persian Gulf.
Chief Justice of Hormozgan Province Mojtaba Ghahremani made the announcement on Sunday, saying that the naval forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) seized a foreign ship carrying smuggled fuel in the Persian ...
Iran once again protests Iraqi authorities' use of a misnomer for the Persian Gulf, saying misnaming the body of water contradicts the principle of good neighborliness and the friendly nature of the countries' bilateral ties.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry's spokesman Nasser Kan'ani made the remarks on Thursday, urging Baghdad against using the wrongful ...
Irans Foreign Ministry has summoned Iraqi Ambassador to Tehran Nasir Abdul MohsenAbdullahto voicestrong protest over a distortion ofthe name of the universally-recognized Persian Gulf at a biennial football competitioncurrently underway in the Arab countrys southern port city of Basra.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said in a ...
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said that the Persian Gulf will remain the Persian Gulf, regardless of claims and falsifications.
Speaking in his weekly press conference on Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kan'anibriefed on the latest Iranian foreign policy developments and answered a number of questions put forward by the journalists....
The Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation (IRIFF) will protest FIFA for using the Arabian Gulf Cup for the tournament.
The competition kicked off in Basra, Iraq Friday night.
The 25th edition of the biennial football tournament, which runs from Jan. 6 to 19, has brought teams from Iraq, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar ...
IRGC Navy seized a vessel carrying 330,000 liters of smuggled fuel in the Persian Gulf, Chief Justice of Hormozgan Province Mojtaba Ghahremani said on Thursday.
Saying that 12 criminals were arrested in this regard, Ghahremani added that thefuel discovered from the vessel will be returned to the legal distribution cycle according to the legal procedure....
Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri says Irans powerful presence in the Persian Gulf region has prevented foreign aircraft carriers from maintaining a foothold in the strategic region.
Speaking at a meeting in Bushehr on Sunday, Baqeri said no aircraft carrier has entered the Persian Gulf in the past two years....
The Persian Gulf region enjoys complete security, the Chief of Staff of Irans Armed Forces said, pointing to the decrease in the presence of extra-regional forces in the Persian Gulf.
Major General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri made the remarks on Sunday on the sidelines of his visit to theShahid Yasini airbase in the port city of Bushehr in the south ...
The commander of United States Central Command (CENTCOM) says a US-led task force will deploy over 100 unmanned vessels in the Persian Gulf region's strategic waters, in spite of stern warnings from Tehran against such deployments.
General Michael Kurilla said on Saturday that the deployment will be completed by next year, claiming that it aims ...
A high-ranking Iranian Judiciary official says the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has confiscated a foreign tanker ship carrying millions of liters of smuggled fuel in the Persian Gulf waters and arrested all crew members.
Mojtaba Ghahremani, head of the Justice Department of Irans southern province of Hormozgan, said on Monday that forces ...
Director General of Bushehr Veterinary Organization Morteza Bahrani said on Sunday that a total of 2,157 tons of aquatic products were exported from the southern Bushehr Province's ports during last month.
Referring to the significant capacities of Bushehr province which is located on the Persian Gulf in exporting aquaculture and fishing products,...
Media sources on Friday reported that the United States and the United Kingdom have held a drone exercise in the Persian Gulf.
The exercise comes as the US Navy told commercial shippers in the wider Mideast that it would continue using drones in the region, according to AP.
Friday's drill involved two American and two British warships in the ...
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