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 Foreign Ministry has strongly rejected a claim by the Afghan ruling Taliban government over the group’s failure to provide Iran access to its water share from Helmand River.
The spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry has rejected a "chain of allegations" leveled by security services and the prosecutor’s office of the Republic of Azerbaijan against Iran including Tehran's involvement in "a coup plot" in Azerbaijan.
Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says Iran will use “pressure as a tool,” if necessary, to make the interim Taliban rulers in Afghanistan to allow the Islamic Republic access to its share of water from the Helmand River.
Iranian Navy’s 86th Fleet, comprising the fully domestically developed Dena Destroyer and the IRIS Makran forward base ship, has returned to Iran’s territorial waters after eight months of sailing and 63,000 kilometers.
The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Navy says Iranian naval forces have so far seized 35 ships for violations of maritime law in the waters of the country’s southern coasts.
The Aerospace Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) puts on display its latest achievements in the air defense sector at an exhibition in the city of Qom, in southern Tehran.
Iranian intelligence forces have dismantled an operational and propaganda network of the Daesh Takfiri terror group, which had a hand in a deadly terror attack at a holy shrine in Shiraz in October last year.
Iran dismisses “baseless” claims by the US that its vessel seizures endanger maritime security in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, saying the recent confiscations were aimed at confronting violations of maritime law.
Tehran has summoned the Iraqi ambassador to criticize Baghdad for inviting elements of separatist anti-Iran terror groups to an official meeting in the Arab country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
Alireza Tangsiri, the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy, says vessels in the force have received cruise missiles with a range of 2,000 kilometers.
Iranian security forces arrest a member of the Daesh Takfiri terror group in the southeastern border province of Sistan and Baluchestan thanks to a meticulous intelligence operation.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri has vowed that Tehran will help further strengthen the Syrian army in face of Israeli raid on the Arab country.
The Iranian permanent ambassador to the UN Amir Saeid Iravani has reiterated Iran’s right to respond to any act of aggression by the Israeli regime against Tehran’s nuclear program, warning that Iran will hold the US accountable for explicitly supporting such terrorist moves.
Beijing’s ambassador to Iran says China is open to joint efforts with Iran and other countries with the goal of facilitating development and confronting the challenges facing the global community.
A top Iranian general has called for closer military ties among regional countries aimed at establishing security in the Strait of Hormuz, the Sea of Oman and the northwest of the Indian Ocean.
Iranian security forces have dismantled a terrorist cell affiliated with foreign-backed terror group calling itself Jaish al-Adl in the southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan.
Iran’s Defense Minister General Mohammadreza Ashtiani has said now the time has come to rebuild Syria after the end of the foreign-backed militancy in the country, adding Tehran is ready to provide Damascus with weaponary.
The Chairman of Iran’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mohammad Bagheri, says the global balance of power is shifting from the West to the East and many signs are emerging that prove this.
