Alvand Class (Vosper Mk 5)

An Iranian warship briefly pointed weapons on its deck at a U.S. military helicopter and coalition warship two weeks ago in the Gulf of Aden, a Defense official told CNN on Wednesday. The two ships were just a few hundred yards apart on July 25 when Iranian crewmembers pointed what are believed to be on-deck […]

Iran dispatched a naval flotilla to the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, a move that could raise tensions between the Islamic Republic and a Saudi-led coalition conducting a military campaign in Yemen, which borders the waterway. The Iranian 34th flotilla, which includes a destroyer and a logistics vessel, headed for the Gulf to protect Iranian […]

Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said Iran’s warships have been equipped with state-of-the-art technologies, adding that the home-made destroyer, ‘Damavand’, will join the country’s Caspian fleet in March. “Iranian warships have been equipped with the most advanced technologies,” Sayyari told FNA on Tuesday. Referring to the launch of Iran’s home-made Jamaran destroyer in the […]

Iran’s Navy commander said his force is capable enough to expand its presence in high seas given its indigenous potential to manufacture heavier destroyers and cruise ships. “The more we want to advance into high seas, the heavier destroyers and cruise ships we need and we have technical facilities and knowhow to domestically manufacture such […]

Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari announced that the Navy’s 30th Flotilla of warships dispatched to the high seas has berthed in Tanzania’s port of Dar As-Salaam. “The 30th Fleet of the Iranian Navy has docked at Tanzania’s Port of Dar As-Salaam in line with the Islamic Republic’s strategy of expanding its naval presence […]

Two Iranian warships set sail Tuesday for the Atlantic Ocean on their navy’s first-ever mission there, state TV reported. The voyage comes amid an ongoing push by Iran to demonstrate the ability to project power across the Middle East and beyond. The report said that the destroyer Sabalan and the logistic helicopter carrier Khark will […]

A senior Iranian commander says the country’s naval forces have rescued an Iranian merchant vessel which had come under attack by pirates in the Arabian Sea. Admiral Shahram Irani, Iranian Navy’s second-in-command to the deputy commander for operations, said that the Iranian freighter came under attack in the Gulf of Aden on Thursday morning after […]

Iranian Navy’s 28th fleet of warships foiled pirate attacks on the country’s oil tanker which had been besieged by pirates in the Indian Ocean, a senior navy commander said on Wednesday. Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian Navy for Operations Admiral Siavash Jareh announced on Wednesday that the country’s naval forces foiled a pirate attack against […]

The Persian Gulf has long been a waterway of strategic importance. On average, $105 billion worth of goods are exchanged between Iran and the Gulf states each year. In addition, approximately 20% of the world’s petroleum traverses the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow passage between the Persian Gulf and the open seas. Clearly, ensuring the […]