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 high-ranking former Israeli military commander has acknowledged that Tel Aviv is unable to carry out acts of military adventurism against Tehran's nuclear program. Major General Yitzhak Brick has stated that Iran’s military might has grown "hundred-fold".
The United States has imposed fresh sanctions on an Iranian individual as well as several companies over their alleged links to Tehran’s drone and defense programs.
The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps says the Zionist regime is in a dire situation as it’s surrounded from all sides by the axis of resistance.
Iranian media say footage circulating of what’s said to be an advanced Russian-made Sukhoi-35 fighter jet flying in the skies of Tehran is “fake and fabricated.”
The Iranian Army stages large-scale military parades countrywide and showcases a variety of defense achievements, as the country marks the National Army Day.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called on the Iranian Armed Forces to keep up strengthening their preparedness in the face of “never-ending” enemy threats.
A group of bipartisan US lawmakers have urged the European Union to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation.
The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry says recent Western media reports about Iran’s “secret talks” with Russia and China to buy certain materials for military purposes serve the goal of prolonging the Ukraine war.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian armed forces has issued a statement on the occasion of the International Quds Day, saying the countdown has begun for the collapse of Zionism.
A senior military commander says the Iranian Army’s Ground Force has, for the first time, been equipped with drones featuring electronic warfare systems.
A senior counter-narcotics police official in Iran’s southern Hormozgan Province has lost his life in armed clashes with drug traffickers in the region.
Iran’s army chief has slammed comments by the chief of staff of the Israeli military that the regime is “ready” to attack Iran without the help of the US, saying “on an updated scale”, tackling Israel requires an operation the size of just one of the operations Iran carried out during the 1980’s war with Iraq.
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, in a meeting with his Armenian counterpart, said armed conflicts in Caucasus, would be detremental to the regional states.
An Iranian military official announced that the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force has successfully tested a new suicide drone that can hit targets within a range of 450 kilometers.
Iran’s security chief praises growing economic cooperation with Russia in the face of Western sanctions, saying international efforts to diminish the role of the US dollar in financial transactions have gathered pace.
At the end of their official meeting in Beijing, China, Foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia put emphasis on working toward securing regional peace and security.
Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi says for now, he cannot confirm reports of an abortive attack by a micro aerial vehicle that was approaching a facility belonging to the country’s Defense Ministry in the central city of Isfahan.
Iranian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani has stressed that Iran's presence in Syria is totally legal and at the request of Damascus. He stated that his country reserves its inherent right to self-defense and will take decisive measures to protect its forces, interests and facilities against any threats posed by the US or others.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announces the martyrdom of a second military advisor deployed to Syria during an Israeli airstrike on Damascus, pledging a response to the regime’s criminal attack.
Iran’s Military Advisory Center in Syria warns the American occupiers of a stinging response to any attack against Iranian bases and forces deployed to the Arab country on a counter-terrorism mission.
The deputy of the Iranian parliament speaker has warned the Republic of Azerbaijan against ties with the Zionist regime at the expense of relations with neighbors.
The commander of the Iranian Army’s air defense says its Bavar-373 missile shield’s range has been increased from 150 kilometers to above 300 kilometers.
