Todays top stories in Iran includeSharif cultural activists calling for closure or merger of Management department;Irans NDC adding Sahar-2 to Persian Gulf; test firing Irans 200km-range Qader missiles;Zakani criticizing Ahmadinejass recent statements onunveiling his critics corruption;Increasing gold coin price in Irans free market; residents of Irans ...

Irans Army Ground Forces plan to hold a military drill in the central Iranian province of Esfahan in the near future. At the military maneuver, codenamed Bait-ul-Muqaddas 25, the Iranian Ground Forces will put to test all the techniques and tactics they have learned during trainings, said Commander of the Iranian Army's Ground Forces Brigadier General ...

Iranian naval forces have successfully test fired Ghader (Capable) coast-to-seaand Noor (Light) surface-to-surface missiles on the fifth day of the Velayat 91 military maneuvers. Spokesman for the Velayat 91 naval drill Rear Admiral Amir Rastegari told Press TV on Tuesday that Ghader cruise missile had successfully and precisely hit and destroyed ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran says it has tested advanced anti-ship missiles in the final day of a naval drill near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for one-fifth of the world's oil supply. State TV says "Ghader", or "Capable", a missile with a range of 200 kilometers (120 miles), was among the weapons used Tuesday. It says the weapon can ...

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), which is responsible for providing security in the Persian Gulf waters and strategic Strait of Hormuz on the order of the Supreme Commander in Chief Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, has attempted to boost its capabilities in submarine warfare. Earlier this year, Iran's Commander of the IRGC, Major GeneralMohammad ...

By Reuters (Reuters) -Iranunveiled new missile and artillery systems on Tuesday, Iranian media reported, on the second day of large-scale military exercises which officials said were aimed at sending a warning to those threatening the Islamic Republic. Played out against a backdrop of high tension betweenIranand the West over Tehran's nuclear ...

Iran is set to unveil new indigenously-designed and -produced missile systems in the massive seven-day joint maneuver, codenamed Modafe'an-e Aseman-e Velayat 4 (Defenders of the Velayat Skies 4), Commander of Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base has announced on Tuesday. Commander of Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili ...