TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari stressed that his forces will take decisive action against any violation of the countrys territorial waters, without making any exception. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency in Iran's central city of Arak, the commander gave an assurance that the Navys response to the hostile ...

Iran has released the US marines who had crossed into Iranian�territorial�waters after�US apologizing for the "unintentional" violation of Iran's waters.     By Sepah News

TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei praised the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy for its swift reaction to US naval forces' trespassing on Iran's territorial waters last week. "They displayed Iran's identity and power against the enemy aggression," Ayatollah Khamenei said, addressing the ...

The U.S. military has released its first official account of Iran's 15-hour detention of 10 U.S. sailors whose boats had strayed into Iranian waters in the Persian Gulf last week. A U.S. Central Command statement said the two Navy vessels were scheduled to meet up with a U.S. Coast Guard boat in international waters for refueling but deviated from ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- The US marines were crying when they were captured by IRGC Navy troops in Iran's waters in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Brigadier General Hossein Salami said. "The marines were crying when they were being captured, but they later felt better after the IRGC forces treated them with kindness,...

The 10 U.S. sailors briefly held by Iran before being released on Wednesday made a navigational mistake that led them into Iranian waters but did not communicate that to Navy commanders before being intercepted, the U.S. military said on Thursday. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the information came from debriefings of the sailors, who were ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi said the IRGC seizure of two the US Navy boats and detention of the 10 US marines in the Persian Gulf indicates Iran's might and power. "This shows Iran's internal power as we powerfully seized the military vessel of the world's big military power and then freed its personnel powerfully ...

Iran's detention of 10 U.S. sailors on Tuesday set off a furious round of meetings in both Washington and Tehran. Anxious officials in both capitals had the same goal: to ensure the incident did not torpedo a historic nuclear accord between two countries with a long history of hostility. In the end it came down to a series of telephone calls between ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The latest developments following the release of 10 U.S. Navy sailors detained by Iran after entering its territorial waters (All times local). --- 5:35 p.m. The White House says new lines of communication with Iran established during nuclear negotiations were key to getting 10 U.S. Navy sailors released quickly. White ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   John Kerry thanks Iranians after sailors freed U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has thanked Iran for ending what could have been a crisis involving the Islamic Republic holding 10 U.S. sailors, who have now been freed.   Large number of IAEA inspectors in Iran, AEOI ...

Boroujerd, Jan 13, IRNA Head of Majlis (parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Aladdin Boroujerdi said that IRGC reaction to intruding US vessels showed that any illegal entrance into Iranaina territory would meet firm response. He made the remarks in a ceremony to introduce new chancellor and bid farewell to outgoing chancellor ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The latest developments following the release of 10 U.S. Navy sailors detained by Iran after entering its territorial waters (All times local). --- 4:30 p.m. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has thanked Iran for ending what could have been a crisis involving the Islamic Republic holding 10 U.S. sailors, who have now ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Any unprofessional action by the US forces after Irans capturing of two intruding military vessels could have led to a catastrophe, the IRGC Navy commander said. The US and French aircraft carriers present in the Persian Gulf were within the target range of the IRGC rockets on Tuesday, when Iranian naval forces captured two US military ...

Tehran, Jan 13, IRNA � Iran has released the US marines who had crossed into Iranian terrorial waters. According to a statement by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, the 10 sailors have been taken to international waters and freed there. By IRNA

A senior commander of Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has demanded an apology from the United States for the recent trespassing by American naval forces on Iranian territorial waters. Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi, the commander of the IRGC Navy, said on Wednesday that two US Navy crafts ...

The Iranian foreign minister spoke to his US counterpart John Kerry and asked for an apology for violating Irans sovereignty by a US warship, the Azad News Agency reported. MOSCOW (Sputnik) Tehran demanded an apology fromWashington foran alleged "violation" ofthe Iranian territorial waters bya US warship, local media reported Wednesday. Iran ...