Persian Gulf

Iran’s strong defense chain in high seas ready to repel threats: Senior Navy commander

Oct 13, 2020 16:18

The naval forces of Iran’s Army and Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have formed a strong “defense chain” from the north of the Persian Gulf to the Northern Indian Ocean, which stands ready to respond to any threat and act of aggression against the country, a senior commander says.
Iran Navy to unveil first domestically-made UAV, helicopter carrier vessel in November: Khanzadi

Oct 06, 2020 14:13

Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said Iran plans to unveil its first domestically-made carrier vessel capable of carrying helicopters, drones, missiles and other warfare equipment in the near future.
Kuwait: Cabinet submits resignation as the new emir asks PM to prepare for legislative elections

Oct 06, 2020 08:33

Kuwait’s new emir has called the cabinet to carry on its duties and get ready for parliamentary elections slated for later this year after the prime minister tendered his government’s resignation.
Zarif asserts Iran's support for Kuwait in meeting with new emir

Oct 04, 2020 08:28

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has sat down with Kuwait’s new emir, who has taken the reins of the tiny Persian Gulf state since the demise of his predecessor Sheikh Sabah.
Iran says its sovereignty over trio of Persian Gulf islands ‘indubitable’

Oct 01, 2020 04:00

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has reaffirmed the country’s “indubitable” sovereignty over three Persian Gulf islands, dismissing the UAE top diplomat’s “hackneyed” claims about them at the UN General Assembly.
Iran’s largest container port being prepared for mega-ships: Official

Sep 30, 2020 03:06

Very large container ships with capacities of up to 22,000 20-foot equivalent unit containers (TEU) would be able to dock at Iran’s Shahid Rajaee port on the Persian Gulf coast by March, says Iran’s chief maritime and port official.
Normalization with Israel heightens differences, foments insecurity in region: Shamkhani

Sep 27, 2020 12:29

Any form of normalization in relations between the illegal Zionist entity and regional countries not only amounts to profound betrayal of the rights of Palestinians, but also deepens the divide among the very countries that take such a step, says the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC).
IRGC unveils new naval ballistic missile

Sep 27, 2020 08:19

The chief commander of the Islamic Republic Guards Corps (IRGC) said that Iran will never stop “manufacturing power” as the elite force unveils its third-generation naval strike ballistic missile.
Iran’s Navy, IRGC to receive new combat vessels this year: Commanders

Sep 25, 2020 06:15

The naval forces of the Iranian Army and Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) are set to receive new combat and logistics vessels this year, according to the forces’ commanders.
IRGC drones capture strikingly close footage of US strike group

Sep 25, 2020 02:41

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) releases intricate and strikingly close footage captured by the elite defense force’s indigenously-manufactured drones of an American strike group right before its passage into the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz.