Tehran 06 March_Yemeni army forces, supported by allied fighters from the Popular Committees, have intercepted and targeted an unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to the Saudi-led military coalition as it was flying in the skies over Saudi Arabia’s southwestern border region of Jizan.
Tehran 17 January_A Turkish-American car dealer with close links to a movement led by US-based opposition cleric Fethullah Gulen, who the Ankara government accuses of having masterminded the failed July 2016 coup attempt against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has reportedly defrauded the Pentagon of millions of dollars.
Tehran 08 January_Hours after Iran’s missile attack on American bases in Iraq, Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami says Tehran’s next responses to the US assassination of a top Iranian general will be proportionate to what Washington will do.
TEHRAN, Dec 23_Iran’s defense minister says Yemen’s armed forces have become self-sufficient in producing their needed equipment and are currently capable of dealing blows deep within the ranks of enemy forces.
TEHRAN, Dec 12_A senior Iranian commander says the Islamic Republic’s defensive systems and equipment boast a thoroughly indigenous production process, noting that the military hardware's quality has turned the country into one of the world’s defense technology leaders.
TEHRAN, oct 3_ Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Thu. that outstanding truths and facts of the Sacred Defense must not let to be forgotten and fell into oblivion.
TEHRAN, Sept 22-Iranian Armed Forces have begun holding military parades across the country, including in the Persian Gulf, at the start of the Sacred Defense Week, which marks the anniversary of the 1980-88 Iraq-imposed war.
TEHRAN, August 27- Iran’s Army Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi praised recent defense achievements and said the Islamic Republic has managed to manufacture “strategic” weapons that are commensurate with threats posed against the country.
TEHRAN, August 8- US Defense Secretary Mark Esper has traveled to Mongolia, a Eastern Asian country that plays a key role in America’s policy to counter the growing influence of Russia and China in the Indo-Pacific region.
TEHRAN, Jul 8 -The contract calls for sensor development for use across multiple domains in support of "command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and battlespace awareness."
TEHRAN, Jul 3 -France’s defense ministry said on Wednesday that defense firm Naval Group had won a 1.2 billion euro ($1.35 billion) contract to build four Gowind navy corvettes for Romania, as it looks to ensure security in the Black Sea.
TEHRAN, Jun 17 - Moscow did not sign any new contracts with Caracas recently, Russia's Ambassador to Venezuela, Vladimir Zaemsky said, dismissing the Sunday claim by the US National Security Advisor John Bolton. Bolton claimed on Twitter that Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro "grossly mismanaged Venezuela's resources" and that he inked a new $209-million defense contract with Russia in May, while "hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans went hungry."
TEHRAN, Jun 9 - Iran has unveiled a domestically-designed and -manufactured air defense system capable of simultaneously destroying six incoming hostiles.
TEHRAN, May 16 - British Defense Secretary Penny Mordaunt, who took the position two weeks ago, has used her maiden speech to plead for more military funding by citing Russia and China as threats, following what has become a trend in the UK’s foreign policy of recent months.
TEHRAN, May 15 - Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami highlighted the Armed Forces’ full readiness to counter foreign threats and said research projects in the defense sector have tripled during the last Iranian year (March 2018 – March 2019) compared to a year earlier.
TEHRAN, May 12- Former US defense chief and CIA director Robert Gates has expressed concerns over the “real risk” of Taliban militants taking over Afghanistan in case American troops are withdrawn from the war-ravaged nation, further insisting that Washington lacks a long-term strategy to deal with China.
TEHRAN, May 08 - Raytheon Company successfully tested a hot fire rocket motor for DARPA's Multi-Azimuth Defense Fast Intercept Round Engagement System.
TEHRAN, Apr 14 - Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel accused the Trump administration on Saturday of dragging relations with the United States to their worst level in decades and called on Cubans to strengthen the Communist-run country’s defences and economy.