Tasnim The Lieutenant Commander of Irans Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base, referring to the January 2016 arrest of US sailors by Iran in the Persian Gulf, said the air defense bases warning alerts forced the enemy fighter jets attempting to save the sailors to back off.
Regarding the arrest of American sailors, they (the US) attempted to free their ...
Alwaght- It is one year since the capture of US Navy sailors by Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy.
On 12January 2016, two US Navy crafts carrying 10 Marines were detained by IRGC Navy after breaching Iran's waters surrounding the Farsi Island in the Persian Gulf.
Elaborating on the incident, Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi, the commander ...
TEHRAN (FNA)- Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Second Naval Zone General Ali Razmjou announced that thousands of valuable documents were seized from the US naval forces when they were captured by the IRGC forces in the Persian Gulf on January 12.
"We seized thousands of pages of valuable intelligence from the US marines during ...
Tehran and Washington need to explore venues to reduce tensions between the two countries, in light of the recent reports regarding US and Iranian navies in Persian Gulf. Although Tehran is adamant that a US warship ventured inside the Iranian territorial waters, the US media is not buying that and demonizing Iran as the ones who have provoked warning ...
The commanding officer of the two U.S. Navy boats that were captured by Iran in January will face punishment for the incident, according to defense officials.
Lt. David Nartker was the highest ranking of the 10 sailors detained at gunpoint Jan. 12 by Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp Navy. Nartker was filmed apologizing for entering Iranian ...
More officers and enlisted have been disciplined for their conduct inthe January Farsi Island debacle, which lead to the capture of 10 sailors and two riverine command boats by Iranian paramilitaries.
Four officers and two enlisted went to mast beforeNavy Expeditionary Combat Command head Rear Adm. Frank Morneau. Of the four officers, two were found ...
The US Navy handed down punishments to two officers and two enlisted sailors in charge of the riverine boat crews who surrendered in Iranian waters earlier this year, causing an international incident and bringing embarrassment on the navy for the litany of errors that led to their arrest and their violations of regulations while in custody.
All ...
Washington's position on the incident involving the detention of two US Navy vessels in Iranian territorial waters has proved to be quite controversial. In an interview with Sputnik, Iranian expert Fouad Izadi shared his views on the US reaction to the incident.
On Wednesday, the US announced it would punish nine sailors who were involved inthe incident ...
US sailors who blundered into Iranian waters in January divulged sensitive information to their captors while held by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, a US Navy report said on Thursday.
It said some of the 10 crew members gave away capabilities of their vessels, one of them disclosing his vessel's potential speed and suggesting it was on a "presence" ...
A Navy investigation into how sailors ended up in Iranian custody has been completed and will recommend disciplinary action, senior military officials told NBC News.
Ten U.S. sailors spent a night in Iranian custody in January after their two boats drifted into Tehran's territorial waters. The sailors were videotaped during their detention and footage ...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) The US Navys decision to expel the commander of a squadron whose sailors were captured by the IRGC after straying into the Iranian territorial waters in January signifies that Washington has conceded defeat, a top Iranian general said.
Speaking to Tasnim, Head of the Strategic Center of the General Staff of Irans Armed Forces Brigadier ...
A senior Iranian commander says the Islamic Republic will never backtrack in the face of acts of aggression by the United States in the region.
Bullying other countries has become a regular thing with the United States and Washington expects states to keep silent on its acts of aggression, Deputy Chief of Staff of Irans Armed Forces Brigadier ...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) A senior Iranian military commander rejected the US anger at the January arrest of its sailors by Iran in the Persian Gulf, stressing that Tehran could have treated the captives very sternly.
Speaking to reporters, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Massoud Jazayeri said Irans behavior toward the ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's state TV says the country has retrieved thousands of pages of information from devices used by 10 U.S. Navy sailors briefly detained by Iran in January.
The Tuesday report quotes Gen. Ali Razmjou saying the information was retrieved from laptops, GPS devices and maps. Razmjou is a naval commander in the powerful Revolutionary ...
The Pentagon said on Tuesday that two Navy boats are in Iranian custody but Iran has told the United States that the crews will be returned "promptly," the Associated Press reported.
Reuters added: White House says seeks return of Navy personnel in Iranian custody
The White House said on Tuesday that it was aware of the situation in which two Navy ...
Tehran, Jan 16, IRNA - White House press secretary Josh Earnest said that Republicans seemed unhappy that 10 US Navy sailors, captured by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard this week were released.
The spokesman further said on Friday that I think the only people unhappy about it are the Republicans, Earnest told reporters.
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Tehran, Jan 24, IRNA Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Sunday praised a group of IRGC Navy troops for sense of responsibility to protect Iranian territorial sea and seizure of 10 US marines at sea earlier this month.
The Supreme Leader held a brief meeting with the group of personnel of the Islamic Revolution ...
Iran has released the US marines who had crossed into Iranianterritorialwaters afterUS apologizing for the "unintentional" violation of Iran's waters.
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Leader praises IRGC Navy sense of responsibility to seize US marines
Tehran, Jan 24, IRNA Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Sunday praised a group of IRGC Navy troops for sense of responsibility to protect Iranian territorial sea and seizure ...
Tehran, Jan 27, IRNA - The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Commander Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi on Wednesday gave fresh account of capturing US marines.
According to IRGC public relations department, Fadavi explained details of the capturing US marines near Farsi Island some 128 kilometer away from Iranian baseline in the Persian Gulf waters....