Gulf of Aden

Army navy fleet return home from mission to Red Sea

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) – The Iranian Army Navy's intelligence and operational fleet 76 docked at Bandar Abbas port after an 87-day mission in the Red Sea.

US troops deployed in southern Yemen: report

TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) – Yemeni local media have said that as the Yemeni army and popular committees are on advance in al-Bayda and Marib provinces, the US troops have arrived in the Yafa county in Lahij province in the south of Yemen.

Iran 74th Naval Fleet docks at Chabahar after 3-month mission

TEHRAN, Jun. 19 (MNA) – Iran Army 74th Naval Fleet returned to Iranian territorial waters at southeastern port of Chabahar after sailing in the international waters for 91 days.

Iran Navy to resume Red Sea missions: Top General

TEHRAN, Jan. 13 (MNA) – The Iranian Navy will resume its missions in the Red Sea, said the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri.

UK-flagged tanker came under attack in Gulf of Aden

TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA) – A British-flagged tanker has been attacked Sunday in the Gulf of Aden.

Iran’s most advanced destroyer ‘Sahand’ arrives in Gulf of Aden

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) – In its first ever long-term overseas mission, Iran’s most advanced homemade military vessel ‘Sahand’, with radar-evading stealth properties, has arrived in the Gulf of Aden to escort ships, according to Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari.

UAE promises Iran to restore political situation in south of Yemen

TEHRAN, Aug. 03 (MNA) – A Yemeni source has exposed that the UAE will make changes to the political arrangements in the South of Yemen in line with a recent maritime security MoU it signed with Iran.

Iranian Navy sends 61st flotilla to Bab-el-Mandeb Strait

TEHRAN, Mar. 17 (MNA) – The Iranian Navy has dispatched its 61st flotilla to Bab-el-Mandab Strait to safeguard maritime routes used by Iranian vessels, Commander of the Iranian Navy's Southern Fleet Rear Admiral Afshin Tashk said on Sunday.

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Iran Navy to test-fire submarine-launched missiles in massive naval drills

TEHRAN, Feb. 21 (MNA) – Commander of Iranian Army Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi says that Iranian Navy will test-fire missiles to be launched from Ghadir-class submarines towards ships on the water surface in the ongoing 'Velayat-97' war game.

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Red Sea legal regime: Spider’s dream against Iran won’t be realized

TEHRAN, Dec. 18 (MNA) – On December 12, Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh hosted the first Arab-African conference of foreign ministers of six countries bordering the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, a strategic area vital to global shipping.

Iran exports all its oil through maritime borders: Navy cmdr.

TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) – 93% of Iranian goods exports and all oil exports are carried out through the country's maritime borders, according to the commander of the Iranian Navy Admiral Khanzadi.

Navy official says 53 Iranian squadrons present in Aden Gulf, Bab-el-Mandeb

TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (MNA) – A deputy official at Iran's Navy, Rear Admiral Hossein Ghahramani, said Fri. that 53 Iranian naval squadrons comprising warships and destroyers have constant presence in the Gulf of Aden and the Strait of Bab al-Mandab.

Yemeni forces kill 123, capture 160 Saudi-led coalition mercenaries

TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) – Saudi and UAE-led coalition have transferred dozens of dead bodies of their mercenaries who were killed on Hudaida battlefield to Aden.