IRGC Navy

IRGC boosting Iran weapons' capabilities: Salami

TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) – Sating that Iran is getting stronger every day, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami said that IRGC is boosting Iran weapons' capabilities.
2020-09-23 11:50
188 new UAVs join IRGC Navy

TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) – In a ceremony on Wednesday morning in Bandar Abbas, 188 new drones joined the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps Navy.
2020-09-23 10:59
Iran S coasts equipped with underground missile cities: IRGC

TEHRAN, Jul. 05 (MNA) – A high ranking commander in the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps noted that Iran has established missile cities along coasts of the Sea of Oman and the Persian Gulf.
2020-07-05 16:34
IRGC Navy to establish permanent base in Indian Ocean: navy cmdr.

TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) – The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy Commander Admiral Alireza Tangsiri said that IRGC is looking to establish a permanent base in the Indian Ocean by the end of the current Iranian year.
2020-06-22 14:31
IRGC seize 23mn liters smuggled diesel: navy cmdr.

TEHRAN, May 23 (MNA) – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Commander Admiral Alireza Tangsiri said that the force identified and confiscated 23 vessels carrying more than 23 million liters of smuggled diesel since March 20, 2019.
2020-05-23 20:00
IRGC calls US claims fake, Hollywood scenario

TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA) – Following the US accusation against IRGC for provocative actions in international waters in the Persian Gulf, IRGC Navy issued a statement, saying, “The documents are contrary to the US claims and we will give a definite response to any computational error.”
2020-04-19 16:28
IRGC Navy establishes portable hospital in Gilan

TEHRAN, Mar. 09 (MNA) – Due the outbreak of COVID-19, IRGC's Naval Force has set up a portable hospital in northern province of Gilan to treat patients infected by the new coronavirus.
2020-03-09 23:58
Iran seizes 3 trespassing Kuwaiti fishing boats, arrests crew

TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) – The Islamic Revolution Guard Crops Navy announced that its forces have seized three trespassing Kuwaiti fishing boats off the coast of Mahshahr, Khuzestan province.
2020-01-19 21:00
Foreign vessels in Persian Gulf under constant watch: IRGC

TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Commander Admiral Alireza Tangsiri said that the force is keeping a close watch on every foreign vessel in the Persian Gulf.
2019-10-28 15:49
No country has right to intervene in fate of Iranian nation, says IRGC cmdr.

TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) – Chief Commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami said that no country has the right to intervene in the fate of the Iranian nation.
2019-10-09 12:22
Iran turning enemy’s 'maximum pressure' into 'maximum begging': IRGC chief

TEHRAN, Oct. 01 (MNA) – Chief Commander of IRGC Major General Hossein Salami says that Iran is engaged in an all-out war against the Global Arrogance (the US and its allies), adding that the country is turning the enemies’ maximum pressure into their maximum begging."
2019-10-01 22:17
A bitter end awaits any aggression on maritime borders: IRGC navy cmdr.

TEHRAN, Sep. 29 (MNA) – The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Commander Admiral Alireza Tangsiri said his forces are ready to defend the country’s maritime borders against any aggression.
2019-09-29 18:26
IRGC Navy chief:

Iran to implement ‘naval mobilization’ plan at southern borders with participation of 51 fleet

TEHRAN, Sep. 26 (MNA) – Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Commander Admiral Alireza Tangsiri has said that ‘naval mobilization’ plan will be carried out with the participation of 51 fleets and inhabitants of the southern Iranian littoral provinces.
2019-09-26 20:14
Navy cmdr. vows crushing response to any aggression

TEHRAN, Sep. 22 (MNA) – Commander of the Iranian Army's Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi warned enemies of consequences of any ‘miscalculation’ in the region.
2019-09-22 12:16
IRGC seizes fuel smuggling ship in Persian Gulf

TEHRAN, Sep. 16 (MNA) – The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) seized a vessel in the Persian Gulf for smuggling of 250,000 liters of diesel fuel.
2019-09-16 21:44
IRGC seizes 7 trawlers near Hormuz Strait

TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – The Navy of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said in a statement that its forces have detained seven trawling ships in Jask region, near the Strait of Hormuz.
2019-09-04 15:54
IRGC Navy chief:

Israeli presence in Persian Gulf could 'spark war'

TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (MAN) – The commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy warned on Sunday that any illegitimate presence by the Zionists in the Persian Gulf waters could spark a war, consequences of which lie with the US and the UK.
2019-08-12 10:49
VIDEO: Watch moment UK frigate flees IRGC speed boats

TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) – A video has gone viral showing a British frigate is escaping the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) naval forces.
2019-08-10 19:06
Deputy IRGC commander:

US has always lost in any confrontation with IRGC naval forces

TEHRAN, Aug. 05 (MNA) – Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Real Admiral Ali Fadavi said that Americans have always lost in any confrontation with the IRGC naval forces.
2019-08-05 17:16
VIDEO: Watch moment IRGC seizes new fuel smuggling tanker

TEHRAN, Aug. 04 (MNA) – Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) captured a foreign oil tanker that was smuggling oil to some Arab states on Wednesday. The video footage shows the moment IRGC naval forces take action to intercept the fuel smuggling oil tanker in an area near Farsi Island in Persian Gulf.
2019-08-04 20:28
IRGC Navy has full control of Persian Gulf, US Navy presence: Top commander

TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) – The commander of IRGC Navy has said that his forces have full sovereignty over country’s seas and waters, stressing that Iran will not allow any aggression on its sovereignty.
2019-07-23 21:39
VIDEO: IRGC releases footage of seized UK oil tanker

TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) – Iran has released footage of a UK-flagged oil tanker which was captured on Friday afternoon by IRGC naval forces after breaching international maritime law.
2019-07-20 22:15
VIDEO: Moment when IRGC Navy seizes fuel smuggling foreign tanker

TEHRAN, Jul. 18 (MNA) – Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has released footage of foreign tanker smuggling fuel, which was seized by its naval units in an area to the south of the Iranian Larak Island in the Persian Gulf near the Strait of Hormuz.
2019-07-18 23:14
IRGC seizes foreign ship smuggling 1mn liters of fuel

TEHRAN, Jul. 18 (MNA) – In its statement released on Thursday, IRGC Navy announced that it has detained a foreign ship smuggling one million liters of fuel, in the south of the Iranian southern Larak Island on Sunday.
2019-07-18 15:26
IRGC naval forces equipped with new personal defensive equipment

TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) – The naval forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) have been equipped with new personal defensive equipment, according to the news services of the Guards ‘Sepahnews.’
2019-07-15 17:47
IRGC, Iraqi navies discuss holding joint military drill in Persian Gulf

TEHRAN, May 01 (MNA) – High-ranking commanders of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and Iraqi Navy held a meeting in Tehran to discuss bilateral cooperation, including a joint naval drill.
2019-05-01 13:03
VIDEO: IRGC drones circle above US naval fleet in Persian Gulf

TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA) – The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) naval forces are constantly monitoring the foreign troops present in the Persian Gulf. This video shows that IRGC drones is circling above a US naval fleet.
2019-04-27 22:46
Iran to block Strait of Hormuz if its benefits denied: IRGC Navy cmdr.

TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA) – The IRGC naval forces commander has warned that if Iran’s benefits in the Strait of Hormuz, which according to international rules is an international waterway, are denied, it will close the strategic strait.
2019-04-22 16:41
IRGC seizes 1 million liters of smuggled diesel in South Iran

TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) – Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy have seized more than one million liters of diesel in coasts of Bandar Abbas, southern Iran, before being smuggled.
2019-03-16 11:13
Iran monitors all movements along its water borders: IRGC

TEHRAN, Feb. 23 (MNA) – IRGC Navy Commander Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri said that all movements along Iran’s water borders are being continuously monitored and that nothing is hidden from IRGC’s “sharp eyes”.
2019-02-23 10:30