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.
Approximately 38,000 illegal Afghan nationals have been arrested and deported from Iran’s southeastern Kerman province to their home country, the general commander of Kerman's Law Enforcement Force announced on Monday.
The Iranian President vowed Iran would respond to recent Israel’s attacks on several Iranian military sites that killed five people, but stressed Tehran does not want a wider war.
The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced the arrest of four people in connection with the Saturday terrorist attack in the city of Taftan in southeast of the country. It added four more terrorists were also killed and several others were wounded in the operation involving drones.
Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei has called on the international community to establish a political, economic, or if necessary, military coalition against the Israeli regime.
The recent attack by the Zionist regime on some military sites in Iran received widespread coverage in Iranian media. Below is a look at the front pages of major Iranian newspapers:
The Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, in his first comments since Israeli aggression on Iran in the early hours of Saturday, said Iranian officials will decide how best to retaliate the strikes.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi says the United States is complicit in Israel’s Saturday aggression against Iran by providing an air corridor for the regime’s air force and supplying defensive equipment.
The speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf declared that Iran will decisively respond to Israel's aggression against Iranian military sites, in accordance with the United Nations Charter.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian offered his condolences to the families of soldiers killed in Israeli attacks, saying they sacrificed their lives to defend their homeland. He added that Tehran would retaliate fearlessly and wisely against any act of folly targeting their country.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran says some radar systems of the country were slightly damaged in Israel's air raids on Iran's military centers.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has said the Islamic Republic of Iran knows no limits when it comes to the defense of the interests and territorial integrity of the country as well as the defense of the Iranian people.
In the wake of Israel's recent military strikes on Iranian military bases in Tehran, Ilam, and Khuzestan provinces, political analyst Ahmad Zeidabadi has highlighted the complex implications of Iran's potential responses.
The Islamic Republic of Iran's Army announced in a statement on Saturday that two of its staff were killed in Israel’s strikes on military sites in the country.
The Israeli military's claim of targeting 20 sites in Iran in its early Saturday strikes is “false and part of a psychological operation,” an informed military source told Tasnim News Agency.
Iran’s Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base has issued a statement regarding Israel's strikes early on Saturday on military sites, saying the provocative move caused ‘limited damage.’
An informed source has told the Tasnim News Agency that the Islamic Republic is prepared to respond to the Israeli aggression against Iran that occurred on Saturday.
Members of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission arrived in Abu Musa Island, in the Persian Gulf, this Thursday afternoon, welcomed by provincial officials.
Iran’s Vice-President for Strategic Affairs, Mohammad Javad Zarif, emphasized that the Israeli regime's presence in Azerbaijan, like its presence in some Persian Gulf countries, serves to create a protective shield for itself, sacrificing these nations rather than supporting or defending them.
The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) warned Israel not to put its trust in the US-made Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile defense system for repelling reprisal attacks from Tehran.
