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Iran Deploys Drone Bases Around Strait of Hormuz
2014-05-14 Read More...
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi announced that the IRGC has established drone bases around the strategic Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf, adding that the pilotless planes have been equipped

Iran Test-Fires Mersad Missile Defense System
2014-05-05 Read More...
Iran announced the successful test-firing of its new air defense system, Mersad, which is capable of destroying different types of modern fighter jets and

Iranian Ground Force Test-Fires New Missiles
2014-04-30 Read More...
Iran’s Ground Force has test-fired new mid-range ballistic missiles, Commander of the Army Ground Force Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan

Iran Unveils New Series of Military Systems
2014-04-23 Read More...
The Iranian Army's Ground Force unveiled a series of new military equipment in a ceremony held in Tehran on Sunday, two days after the National Army

Iran Designs Sayyad 3 Missile for S-200 Air Defense System
2014-04-21 Read More...
Commander of Iran’s Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmayeeli said his country has designed a new powerful and high-precision missile dubbed “Sayyad (Hunter) 3” to be mounted on its long-range S-200 anti-aircraft

Iran Mounts Cruise Missiles on Navy Vessels, Coastal Defense
2014-04-16 Read More...
Iran equipped its vessels and coastal defense units with Ghadir (photo) cruise missiles to reinforce defense measures in its territories and

Oman, Iran Discuss Expansion of Military Cooperation
2014-04-11 Read More...
In a meeting in Muscat (Oman) Wednesday, Senior Iranian and Omani Commanders underlined the need for the expansion of mutual military cooperation between the two

Iran, Oman Start 11th Joint Military Committee Meeting
2014-04-08 Read More...
High-ranking Iranian and Omani Commanders kicked off the 11th meeting of their Joint Military Friendship Committee in Muscat on

Iranian Navy Planning Joint Naval Drills with Oman
2014-03-21 Read More...
Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari Tuesday stressed his forces' capability to conduct joint exercises with friendly states, adding that the Navy plans to stage joint wargames with Oman's Navy in Iran's Persian Gulf waters early

Iranian Air Defense to Launch Space Radar in Months
2014-03-14 Read More...
Iran has accomplished building its Sepehr (Sky) radar with a range of 2500 km and hopes to deploy and launch the system in coming months, a Senior Commander

Iran to Unveil New Submarine in Months
2014-03-11 Read More...
Iran's new home-made submarine, Fateh, will be unveiled in the next few months, Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari

Iran Equips Two Ballistic Missiles with MRV Payloads
2014-03-07 Read More...
The Iranian Defense Ministry has equipped its Qadr H and Qiam ballistic missiles with its newly developed Multiple Reentry Vehicle (MRV) payloads, a military hi-tech owned only by a handful of the world’s

Iran Unveils 16 Defense Projects
2014-02-28 Read More...
Iran unveiled 21 radar and electronic defense projects in a ceremony participated by Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan earlier this

Iran Unveils Smart Detection Cabin for Cruise Missiles
2014-02-27 Read More...
Iran unveiled a home-made smart detection and guidance cabin for high precision cruise missiles and a smart composite armor used in tanks and personnel carriers in a ceremony attended by Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan earlier this

Iran Develops New Bulletproof Vest
2014-02-25 Read More...
The Iranian defense researchers, inspired by fish scales, have designed and developed a new type of hi-tech bulletproof vest which protects the soldiers against bullets fired from close range and different

Iran to Launch Own S-300 Air-Defense Shield in 2 Years
2014-02-19 Read More...
Iran’s top Air Defense Commander announced that the country would launch Bavar (Belief) 373 missile defense system - the Iranian version of the sophisticated S-300 long-range air-defense missile shield - in the next two

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