TEHRAN – Yemeni forces launched a missile attack against an operations center of the Saudi military in the kingdom’s border province of Najran. The missile command of the Yemeni army fired a Qaher M2 missile at the center, the Arabic-language Al-Manar television network reported. The missile hit the center, located in the Khadhra crossing point […]

TEHRAN – Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri, chief of the Iranian Armed Forces, said on Monday that police managed to control the situation quickly and separate rioters from peaceful marchers patiently. According to Tasnim, Baqeri said the enemy was seeking to blame the ruling system for the death of some rioters. In protests which first […]

TEHRAN – North Korea Sunday blasted the United States and South Korea as “warmongers” on the eve of their largest-ever joint air exercise, saying it could trigger a nuclear war. The comments came as White House National Security Advisor H.R McMaster warned of the “increasing” possibility of war with the impoverished but nuclear-armed North, AFP […]

TEHRAN – Diplomacy backed by military power is needed to deal with North Korea’s missile and nuclear development, the head of the US military’s Pacific Command said on Thursday. North Korea has launched dozens of missiles under the leadership of Kim Jong Un as it accelerates a weapons program designed to give it the ability […]

Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri has arrived in Syria to hold key military and defense talks. Heading a high-ranking delegation, Baqeri left Tehran for Damascus on Tuesday and plans to meet with his Syrian counterpart, General Ali Abdullah Ayoub, and Defense Minister Major General Fahd Jassem al-Freij. The […]

TEHRAN  – International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Yukiya Amano said the UN nuclear watchdog would seek access to Iran’s military sites if the need arises. “When we identify the need, we seek access to the locations. We don’t make a difference between civilian and military locations, (but) we don’t discuss details of where we […]

The military brass of Iran and Iraq have met and held talks amid a controversial referendum in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region.   Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri on Wednesday received his Iraqi counterpart Major General Othman al-Ghanmi, who arrived in Tehran at the head of a military delegation earlier […]

The ground forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have started heavy artillery fire drills in the country’s southwestern area. The security drills, codenamed Moharram, started out on Sunday, with Brigadier General Hossein Salami, the IRGC’s second-in-command, and Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour, who commands the Corps’ ground forces in attendance, Sepah News reported. The exercises […]

TEHRAN – A senior Iranian military commander ruled out the possibility of allowing foreign access to the country’s military bases, which he said are exempt from inspection under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Based on the official stance of the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff, Iran will never allow anybody to inspect its […]

TEHRAN  – Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said the country has gained such high level of capabilities that it can design and manufacture any type of military gear domestically. Iran has reached such position that it faces no shortage when it comes to the production of military […]