Warships

Two Iranian warships spotted near English Channel: report

TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) – Two Iranian warships are nearing the English Channel, according to satellite photographs reviewed by USNI News.
2021-07-20 11:47
Israeli-flagged ship targeted in N Indian Ocean

TEHRAN, Jul. 03 (MNA) – News sources reported that a ship belonging to the Zionist regime was targeted in northern Indian Ocean on Saturday.
2021-07-03 21:53
HMS Defender clearly pursuing military goals: Putin

TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has pointed to the political aspect of a recent provocation in the Black Sea pertaining to HMS Defender, adding that the warship "was clearly pursuing military goals".
2021-06-30 18:00
Two Iranian warships heading for Venezuela, US claims

TEHRAN, May 30 (MNA) – The US security officials claim they are monitoring two Iranian warships whose ultimate destination may be Venezuela.
2021-05-30 14:35
US warship illegally enters China's territorial waters

TEHRAN, May 20 (MNA) –Chinese military's Southern Theatre Command issued a statement on Thursday, saying that the USS Curtis Wilbur entered the country's territorial waters near the Paracel Islands without permission.
2021-05-20 23:59
An Israeli ship targeted in Fujairah port

TEHRAN, Apr. 13 (MNA) – An Israeli regime's ship was targeted in Fujairah Port minutes ago, according to informed sources.
2021-04-13 19:26
New warships to join Iranian Navy’s southern fleet

TEHRAN, Jan. 12 (MNA) – The Iranian Navy’s fleet in the Sea of Oman will take delivery of a new homegrown helicopter carrier as well as a missile-launching warship.
2021-01-12 10:19
US navy cruiser secretly sailing off Cape Verde, W. Africa

TEHRAN, Dec. 23 (MNA) – For the past month, the Navy cruiser San Jacinto had sailed off the West African island nation of Cape Verde on a secret mission aimed at helping deal a major blow to President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela.
2020-12-23 19:50
US warship tailed in Taiwan Strait: Chinese military

TEHRAN, Dec. 19 (MNA) – China’s military tailed a US warship as it passed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Saturday.
2020-12-19 19:00
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'Shiraz' surveillance warship to joint Iran’s Navy next year

TEHRAN, Nov. 21 (MNA) -- A domestically-manufactured surveillance warship named “Shiraz” will joint Iran’s Navy fleet next year.
2020-11-21 11:34
VIDEO: IRGC releases drone footage, refuting US claim of downing

TEHRAN, Jul. 19 (MNA) – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has released footage captured by an Iranian drone flying over the Strait of Hormuz and monitoring a United States Navy vessel, disproving a claim by Washington that the unmanned aircraft was shot down by the American forces.
2019-07-19 22:59
IRGC rejects claims on its forces' attempt to seize UK oil tanker in PG

TEHRAN, Jul. 11 (MNA) – The Public Relations Department of IRGC naval forces governing the Fifth Naval Zone in the Persian Gulf has denounced the US Pentagon’s claims that its forces attempted to seize a UK oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.
2019-07-11 10:19
By: Maryam Khormaee

Power balance in the Pacific: An analysis of naval race between US and China

TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) – The United States Navy ships have sailed through Taiwan Strait seven times since July 2018. The most recent time they passed through this narrow, yet strategic strait was in April.
2019-05-24 20:44
Indian frigate docks at Iran’s Bandar Abbas

TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) – Indian INS Tarkash frigate docked at Bandar Abbas port on Tuesday, said Second Flotilla Admiral Mojtaba Mohammadi, of first naval zone of Iranian Navy at the port of Bandar Abbas.
2018-07-24 15:10
Two Iranian warships to be deployed to Azerbaijan

TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) – Iran's Navy Commander, Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, said on Monday that two vessels of Iranian Navy will attend the shooting and firing competitions in Azerbaijan.
2018-07-23 18:02