Latest Security News in Iran – Defence and military news, including stories from neighbouring states and the troubled region which might be important for Iran. This section contains news on the Armed Forces, the IRGC, intelligence services, and border guards.
The Iranian Army on Tuesday employed a homegrown cruise missile to hit naval targets as part of a large-scale military drill, underway in south and southeast of the country.
Iranian military aircraft gave warning to two foreign warships near the country’s southern waters on Monday, forcing the vessels to leave the zone of an ongoing war game, a spokesperson said.
Iran's Army says is planning to hold large-scale joint military exercises in a vast area along the Makran coastal strip, including the shores of the Sea of Oman, in the country's southern and southeastern regions, a senior commander says.
General Hulusi Akar, the highest military officer of Turkey, and Major General Mohammad Baqeri, the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, have talked about the ongoing Turkish operation in Syria’s Afrin.
The Iranian police chief says the forces used to quell the recent violence in Iran did not possess any live bullets when controlling the week-long protests that erupted last month over economic hardships.
Iran has dismissed reports on holding talks on its defensive power, stressing that its missile program is geared to defence and deterrence, and is not negotiable, whatsoever.
The spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has stressed that his country will never permit the inspection of Iranian military sites.
The Iranian government has removed the temporary restrictions it had imposed on people’s access to Telegram messaging app in order to prevent the escalation of violence amid the recent unrest.
Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri warned of enemy plots to blame the government for the deaths in recent riots, most of which, he said, occurred in suspicious circumstances.
Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, says the recent riots in Iran were plotted by the US and Israel, funded by a filthy rich Persian Gulf littoral state, and implemented by MKO murderers.
Tehran’s City Council has passed a plan that urges the municipality to build special places in the capital city for holding protest gatherings by Iranian citizens.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif say given the tremendous problems existing at the national and regional levels, regional governments need to assure dialogues now more than any time in the past.
Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei says an operation room in the Iraqi Kurdistan, headed by a CIA agent, has orchestrated the recent unrest in Iran.
At the Parliament's request, Iranian ministers of intelligence and interior as well as the Secretary of Supreme National Security Council will attend a Parliamentary session on Sunday to discuss the recent Iran protests.
The second edition of a conference on Middle East security will be held in Iran’s capital of Tehran on January 8 with more than 200 Iranian and foreign officials and experts in attendance, organizers said.
Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli says the Islamic Republic managed to control the recent violent protests in a number of cities with the least possible price.
An armed terrorist group which aimed to trigger explosions and kill Iranian people to prolong the recent unrest has been disbanded in clashes during which three Iranian intelligence forces were also killed, an Iranian minister said.
IRGC Chief-Commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari says the plot hatched by the enemies of the Islamic Republic to create sedition in Iran has been completely foiled.
Iran has imposed “temporary” restrictions on the extremely popular messaging app Telegram after the messenger refused to block a channel that promotes violence and riot in the Islamic Republic. But is Telegram ready to lose millions of its users?
Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, has blamed the enemies of Iran for the recent developments in the Islamic Republic, saying the enemy seeks to cause problems for the Islamic Establishment.
A deputy governor of Tehran says the police forces have kept the capital city under their control amid the recent protests and riots, and the IRGC has not yet been asked for help.
Ali Shamkhani, the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), says the recent riots in Iran were fueled by certain countries’ “proxy war” against the Islamic Republic via social media and the Internet.
