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12 August 2025
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Escape of 2 More Giant Oil Tankers From the Strait of Hormuz

2 giant oil tankers, each capable of carrying about 2 million barrels of crude oil, bypassed the Strait of Hormuz after the US airstrikes on Iran and the increased risk of a military response that could involve commercial ships in the region.
News ID: 86361    Publish Date : 2025/06/23

Rear Admiral Tangsiri:

IRGC fully prepared to defend Iran's security

TEHRAN (Defapress) - IRGC Navy Commander Rear Admiral said that the surveys show that forces, systems and equipment are at the desired level of readiness to defend the water borders and, as well as Iran's interests and security.
News ID: 82803    Publish Date : 2020/12/26

Official: Iran’s 2nd Oceangoing Oil Tanker Launched to Celebrate "Trump's Goodbye Party"

TEHRAN (Defapress) - Head of Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters Saeed Mohammad said that the second oceangoing oil tanker unveiled by the IRGC on Tuesday was an indication of Iranians’ expertise and capabilities and displayed that outgoing US President Donald Trump's maximum pressure policy has failed.
News ID: 82799    Publish Date : 2020/12/24

'Iran not worried about USS Georgia entering Persian Gulf'

TEHRAN (Defapress) - An Iranian lawmaker says Tehran is not worried about the dispatching of the USS Georgia submarine to the Persian Gulf as the country is able to target the vessel.
News ID: 82794    Publish Date : 2020/12/24

Persian Gulf Airliners Continue Using Iran’s Airspace

TEHRAN (defapress) – Qatar Airways, Emirates and several other Persian Gulf airlines still fly in Iranian and Iraqi airspace and to cities in both countries since Iran and the United States traded military strikes.
News ID: 79958    Publish Date : 2020/01/20

US aircraft carrier remains outside of Persian Gulf

TEHRAN (defapress) – A US aircraft carrier, which the White House said would rapidly deploy to the Mideast over the heightened tensions with Iran, remains outside of the Persian Gulf, to avoid any confrontation with the Iranian forces.
News ID: 77657    Publish Date : 2019/06/04

US aircraft carrier remains outside of Persian Gulf

TEHRAN (defapress) – A US aircraft carrier, which the White House said would rapidly deploy to the Mideast over the heightened tensions with Iran, remains outside of the Persian Gulf, to avoid any confrontation with the Iranian forces.
News ID: 77657    Publish Date : 2019/06/04

Army Navy cmdr.:

Persian Gulf, Iranian vital national interest: Khanzadi

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran's Navy Commander, Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi has said that the Persian Gulf is the most important and most strategic waterway in the world.
News ID: 73373    Publish Date : 2018/10/30

Army Navy cmdr.:

Persian Gulf, Iranian vital national interest: Khanzadi

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran's Navy Commander, Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi has said that the Persian Gulf is the most important and most strategic waterway in the world.
News ID: 73373    Publish Date : 2018/10/30

IRGC, Army Forces joint military drill kicks off in Persian Gulf

TEHRAN  (defapress) – On the occasion of the Sacred Defense Week, a joint military exercise was launched between Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Army Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the azure waters of the Persian Gulf.
News ID: 72566    Publish Date : 2018/09/21

'Enemy to pay heavy price if Iran’s oil export from Strait of Hormuz is halted'

Chief of General Staff of Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri said that enemies' will pay heavy price if they take any measure to stop Iran’s oil export in the region .
News ID: 72089    Publish Date : 2018/08/30

Iran’s Top General: Lawbreaking in Hormuz Strait to Draw IRGC’s Reaction

Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri warned “hostile countries” that they would face the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy’s reaction in case of any violation of the international maritime law in the Strait of Hormuz.
News ID: 72084    Publish Date : 2018/08/29

Entire UAE within Range of Yemen’s Ballistic Missiles: Spokesman

Yemeni soldiers and their allies attacked Dubai International Airport using a domestically-built long-endurance Sammad-3 (Invincible-3) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on Monday evening.
News ID: 72048    Publish Date : 2018/08/28

IRGC Navy Chief Deplores Presence of Foreign Nuclear Warships in Persian GulfZ

The new commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy said there is no place for foreign forces, like the US navy, in the Persian Gulf, warning against the environmental problems that could be caused by the presence of foreign nuclear warships in the Persian Gulf.
News ID: 72027    Publish Date : 2018/08/27

Iran's Tanker Fleet Gives Oil-Export Lifeline as Sanctions Loom

Iran’s own fleet of tankers may provide a lifeline for its crude and condensate exports that’ll be slashed as US sanctions against the Persian Gulf nation take hold.
News ID: 71980    Publish Date : 2018/08/25

Iran’s Zarif Hits Back at US Navy over Misnaming of Persian Gulf

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif took a swipe at the US Navy’s officials over the misnaming of the Persian Gulf, saying the waters in southern Iran have had this name for 2,000 years, “longer than US has existed”.
News ID: 71551    Publish Date : 2018/08/03

Iran FM derides US presence in Persian Gulf

Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has derided the US presence in the Persian Gulf.
News ID: 71544    Publish Date : 2018/08/03

Iran, Oman Eye Military Medicine Cooperation

Military officials from Iran and Oman met in Tehran to discuss the ways to launch cooperation between the Armed Forces of the two sides in the medical sphere.
News ID: 71473    Publish Date : 2018/07/30

Spokesman: IRGC Resolute to Continue Patrols in Persian Gulf

Head of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Public Relations Department General Ramezan Sharif underlined that the IRGC's Navy Force has made no changes to its routine patrols in the Persian Gulf region.
News ID: 71215    Publish Date : 2018/07/16

Iraqi Protesters Withdraw from Najaf Airport, Air Traffic Resumes

Air traffic resumed at the airport in the Iraqi city of Najaf after protesters withdrew.
News ID: 71196    Publish Date : 2018/07/14

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