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Brigadier General Esmayeel Qaani Succeeds Lt. General Qassem Soleimani
2020-01-06 Read More...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei appointed on Friday Brigadier General Esmayeel Qaani (photo) as the new Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Qods Force whose late chief, Lieutenant General Qassem

Iranian Navy Unveils New Drone, Subsurface Positioning System
2019-12-06 Read More...
Iran’s Navy recently unveiled a vertical takeoff naval drone with the capability to fly horizontally and land on water, dubbed Pelican-2, in a ceremony where a homegrown Inertial Navigation System (INS) was also put on display, Fars News Agency

Iranian Navy to Build 5,000 to 7,000-Ton Destroyer
2019-12-03 Read More...
The Iranian Navy plans to manufacture a giant destroyer which can navigate in international waters for long

Iran, Russia Agree to Hold Joint Naval Drill
2019-08-16 Read More...
Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, who visited Moscow late July, said his country and Russia have agreed to hold a joint naval exercise in international waters “in the near

Iran Unveils Ten Advanced Defensive Systems
2019-06-18 Read More...
Iran unveiled 10 highly advanced systems to protect highly important sites and detect and intercept enemy targets in the sea and air, Fars News Agency (FNA)

Iran’s Navy Concludes 3-Day Drill in High Seas
2019-02-25 Read More...
Iran’s Navy officially kicked off a three-day war-game, codenamed “Velayat 97”, in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman on Friday, Fars News Agency (FNA)

Iran Unveils Blueprint for its Planned Trimaran Destroyer
2018-12-11 Read More...
The Iranian navy plans to manufacture a home-made trimaran (with three hulls in parallel) destroyer named Safineh to be used in asymmetric coastal warfare and rapid reaction

Iran Unveils New Artillery System
2018-11-09 Read More...
Iran unveiled a new home-made artillery system named ‘Seraj’ during Air Defense military drills dubbed as Velayat 97, Fars News Agency (FNA)

Iran’s Defense Minister Seeks Larger Defense Budget
2018-09-04 Read More...
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami urged the lawmakers to boost the country’s defense budget, stressing that it will strengthen Iran’s deterrence power, Fars News Agency (FNA)

Iran’s Defense Budget to Grow from 2 to 5% of GDP
2017-01-19 Read More...
Iranian lawmakers approved an increase to the country’s military budget of 5% of the GDP, up from the 2% it occupied in the 2015-2016

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