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.
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani and his Belarusian counterpart Viktor Khrenin have signed a memorandum of understanding to bolster cooperation in the defense sector.
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.
Iran’s military chief highlights the country’s fruitful efforts in consolidating its military might, saying the US and the Israeli regime have, thanks to that strength, concluded that they cannot beat the Islamic Republic militarily, especially in ground warfare.
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani says Tehran is ready to supply Bolivia with advanced technologies in the defense sector. Ashtiani made the remarks in a meeting with Bolivian Defense Minister Edmundo Novillo Aguilar in Tehran on Sunday.
The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iran and neighboring Pakistan will eventually eliminate the terrorist elements destabilizing the areas near their borders through joint cooperation.
A senior US defence official has confirmed that Washington is deploying additional fighter jets around the strategic Strait of Hormuz "to protect ships from Iranian seizures". The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iranian naval forces have so far seized 35 ships for violating maritime laws in the waters off the Persian Gulf.
Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, the commander-in-chief of Iran’s Army, says the country is very sensitive to claims made about its three islands in the Persian Gulf, to which the United Arab Emirates lays claims.
