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 first images have been released of the state-of-the-art electronic warfare systems recently unveiled by the Naval Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
The Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) says it has obtained a document which shows the terrorist Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) has worked hand in glove with the ISIS terror group seeking to assassinate commanders of resistance movements in Syria.
Informed security sources told Tasnim news agency that the Albanian government has banned Maryam Rajavi, the ringleader of the notorious anti-Iran Mujahedin-e Khalq terrorist Organization, known as the MKO. Rajavi has been residing in France for a few months. The travel ban has been issued by Albania’s terrorism court.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has begun drills simulating the defense of an island in the Persian Gulf that the United Arab Emirates lays claims to.
A spokesman for Iran’s Defense Ministry says enemies must not contemplate creating insecurity in the region because if they threaten the Islamic Republic, they will have to move beyond the reach of the country’s Abu Mahdi missiles.
The interior ministers of Iran and Iraq, Ahmad Vahidi and Abdul Amir al-Shammari, have met at a border crossing between the two countries, discussing border security.
Commander of Iran’s Navy Admiral Shahram Irani has arrived in the Russian port city of Saint Petersburg to take part in an annual parade to honor Russian Navy Day.
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali-Akbar Ahmadian has emphasized that Tehran appreciates Beijing's sound policy towards West Asia, praising China's contribution to the regional peace. He made the remarks in a meeting with China's top diplomat Wang Yi on the sidelines of the 13th Meeting of BRICS National Security Advisers and Representatives in South Africa.
Iranian naval forces have received a new missile that is named after allied Iraqi Commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, whom an Iranian commander says the country hopes to avenge using the same missile.
The deputy commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Cords (IRGC) says the country will act in kind if the United States empties the cargo of an Iranian tanker that it has illegally seized to use or sell.
Iran’s Fars News Agency cited an unnamed security official as saying that Iranian intelligence has dealt a huge blow to what he described as the biggest terrorist network in Iran in 20 years.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi emphasized the necessity of solving regional issues by the countries of the region. He stated that Iran, by supporting the peace talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan, hopes that these negotiations will establish and strengthen peace, security and stability in the region as much as possible.
Iran’s Intelligence Ministry says security forces have disbanded a “large terrorist network” and arrested its members, who were planning to carry out numerous terrorist attacks across Iran.
The Iranian Air Force is holding a new drill in the central province of Esfahan. The drill code-named Fadaiyan Harim Velayat (The Devotees of Velayat Sanctum) was launched at Shahid Babaee airbase following an order from Commander of the Air Force General Hamid Vahedi.
An Iranian lawmaker says Iran is studying “non-diplomatic” ways to restore its right to water shares from the Helmand River, which the Taliban government in Afghanistan is currently not allowing to be fulfilled.
Iran’s top military commander, Major General Mohammad Baqeri, says Iran has no border issues with the Azerbaijan Republic, and that the military forces deployed to the border with that country are there to protect national territory.
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani has shrugged off the US’ decision to dispatch a new fleet of fighter jets and a navy destroyer to the Persian Gulf. He stressed that Iran is projecting power in the region and beyond without feeling any threat.
