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.
A senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has demanded an apology from the United States for the recent trespassing by American naval forces on Iranian territorial waters.
Head of the IRGC Public Relations Department said the 10 US sailors captured aboard two combat vessels in Iran’s waters in the Persian Gulf are being interrogated, saying a “different approach” would be taken if they are proved to have intruded for intelligence operations.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy seized two US Navy combat vessels that had entered Iran’s territorial waters in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, capturing 10 US sailors.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi-Ansari said inauguration of missile systems is part of Iran's defensive program and is not related to Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Masoud Jazayeri said on Saturday that Washington’s continuous rhetoric and threat of fresh anti-Iran sanctions will result in a boost to Tehran’s military capabilities.
The IRGC has announced that it has set up big underground facilities in most cities which are safe from the enemy crosshairs and will be used if necessary.
Iranian defense minister stressed that Iran has never allowed other countries to make decisions about the country’s internal and defense issues, adding the Islamic Republic’s measures will guarantee and improve stability and security in the region and across the world.
Efforts by the US to keep oil prices low with the help of its regional mercenaries in the coming months are part of another plot hatched by the US, the secretary of the Expediency Council said.
Iranian officials have lined up to underline the country’s push to buttress missile capabilities after reports that the US administration planned new sanctions on the Islamic Republic in spite of a nuclear accord.
Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araqchi said that missile test is conspicuously different from Joint comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and that it never runs against the Tehran-5+1 nuclear deal.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has issued an order calling on the country’s Defense Ministry to expedite efforts for boosting the country’s missile power as reports emerge of US plans for imposing fresh sanctions on Tehran over the issue.
An Islamic Revolution Guard Corps official has said that security and peace in the Persian Gulf is among serious strategies for the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The Foreign Ministry spokesman has said that Tehran has warned the US administration that Iran's missile program has nothing to do with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
Brigadier General Ali Asghar Gorjizadeh said Iran has one of the safest skies in the world and ICAO has inspected Iran's aviation facilities three times, giving them top marks.
An Iranian commander has said that President Putin’s decision to take on ISIL showed that the Russian leader has recognized the threats of terrorism nurtured by imperialism, Zionism and reactionaries.
The secretary of the Expediency Council has said that the West seeks to shatter Muslim unity, adding that Iran’s stance is clear: geographical borders should not be changed and no country in the region should be disintegrated.
Apart from rescuing the pilot, the team supervised by General Soleimani also eliminated all terrorists active in the region, before returning safely to base.
A former IRGC commander has said that all governments should oppose military intervention, fight terrorism and respect the decisions of nations if they seek to bolster security in the region.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari said the Islamic Republic has been the victim of serious cyber-attacks, such as the Stuxnet case, in recent years.
