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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, third right, and US Ambassador David Friedman, third left, aboard the US Navy's guided-missile destroyer USS Ross, docked at Ashdod Port on October 11, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)
August 8, 2019, 4:26 pm
Iran says Israeli involvement in Gulf naval mission would be ‘disastrous’
Defense chief slams Israel’s willingness to assist US-led efforts as ‘highly provocative’; IRGC chief warns Hamas and Hezbollah will cause Jewish state’s ‘collapse’ in next war
By AFP and TOI staff
Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami speaks at the Conference on International Security in Moscow, Russia, April 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
August 6, 2019, 1:21 pm
Iran unveils three new precision-guided missiles
Defense Minister Hatami says weapons meant to counter ‘viciousness and conspiracies of the Great Satan America and its mercenaries’
By AFP
Maj. Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi, head of the Iranian Army. (Screen capture)
July 8, 2019, 10:27 am
Iran not looking for war, says commander of country’s armed forces
Defense minister calls Britain’s seizing of oil tanker off Gibraltar ‘piracy,’ contrary to international regulations and nuclear deal commitments
By TOI staff and Agencies
Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami speaks at the Conference on International Security in Moscow, Russia, April 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
June 19, 2019, 2:35 pm
Iran ‘categorically rejects’ US tanker attack allegations
Tehran dismisses ‘unsubstantiated’ video evidence provided by Washington that allegedly shows Iranians removing unexploded mine
By AFP
This photo released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on Sunday, June 9, 2019, shows the Khordad 15, a new surface-to-air missile battery at an undisclosed location in Iran. The system uses locally made missiles that resemble the HAWK missiles that the US once sold to the shah and later delivered to the Islamic Republic in the 1980s Iran-Contra scandal. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)
June 9, 2019, 6:53 pm
Iran unveils new advanced missile defense system it says can destroy enemy jets
Islamic Republic’s defense minister says the Khordad 15 can trace targets 150 km away, intercept them at a range of 120 km and can destroy six objects at once
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to journalists during a visit to inspect a naval Iron Dome defense system in the northern port of Haifa on February 12, 2019. (Jack Guez/Pool/AFP)
May 15, 2019, 9:19 pm
PM said to tell his defense chiefs to keep Israel out of Iran-US tensions
Netanyahu convenes security heads to discuss potential escalation, speaks to Pompeo, TV report says; assessment is reportedly that Israel unlikely to be targeted
By TOI staff
Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami speaks at the Conference on International Security in Moscow, Russia, April 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
May 15, 2019, 4:59 pm
Iran’s defense minister: ‘We will defeat the American-Zionist front’
Amid rising tensions, Amir Hatami tells Iranian military intelligence officials the country is at highest level of war preparedness, despite sanctions
By TOI staff
Israeli Navy boats take part in an exercise in northern Israel simulating a war with the Hezbollah terrorist group in September 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 13, 2019, 10:16 am
Iran warns Israel of ‘crushing response’ to any naval intervention
After Netanyahu alleges maritime oil smuggling, Tehran defense minister vows to respond with force to any attempt to curtail exports
By TOI staff
Iran's newly launched Ghadir submarines move in the southern port of Bandar Abbas in Persian Gulf, Iran, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. Ghadir class submarines can fire missiles and torpedoes at the same time, and can operate in the Persian Gulf's shallow waters. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Ebrahim Norouzi)
February 17, 2019, 5:31 am
Iran to unveil submarine equipped with guided cruise missile system
Fateh vessel, outfitted with what Iran says is advanced equipment, reportedly to be inaugurated by president on Sunday
By TOI staff
Iran says it successfully tested the Hoveizeh cruise missile on February 2, 2019 (Screen grab via Tasnim)
February 2, 2019, 10:26 am
Iran says new cruise missile successfully fired on revolution’s 40th anniversary
Video shows test of ‘Hoveyzeh,’ allegedly a high-precision weapon capable of carrying a large payload for up to 1,200 kilometers
By TOI staff
This picture, released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on July 27, 2017, claims to show the Simorgh satellite-carrying rocket at Imam Khomeini National Space Center, in an undisclosed location, Iran. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)
January 23, 2019, 3:10 pm
Iran’s defense minister says another satellite launch coming ‘soon’
Comments come after failed attempt last week, and amid Western fears Tehran is using program to further its ballistic missile capability
By TOI staff and Agencies
Iran's Kowsar fighter jet. (Twitter screen capture)
November 3, 2018, 11:38 am
Iran inaugurates production line of local fighter jets ahead of US sanctions
Defense minister says domestically made Kowsar aircraft symbolizes Islamic Republic’s battle against ‘global ‘arrogance’ led by the US
By TOI staff
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif seen during a meeting between the Iranian president and the North Korean foreign minister in Tehran, Iran, on August 8, 2018. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
September 3, 2018, 10:58 am
Iran’s Zarif arrives in Damascus for talks with Syrian leadership
Foreign minister expected to meet with Assad as well as Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem, as regime prepares for Idlib offensive
By TOI staff and Agencies
Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami speaks at the Conference on International Security in Moscow, Russia, April 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
August 28, 2018, 10:48 pm
Iran says its military advisers to remain in Syria
Continued presence of Tehran ‘advisers’ part of agreement defense agreement signed this week, despite efforts to push Iranian forces out of country
By AFP
Syrian anti-aircraft missiles rise into the sky as Israeli missiles hit air defense positions and other military bases, in Damascus, Syria, on May 10, 2018. (Government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)
August 28, 2018, 6:40 pm
Israel says it will keep hitting Iran, as Tehran says it’s staying in Syria
Senior diplomatic source says Netanyahu believes pushing Islamic Republic forces out of neighboring country as important as canceling nuclear deal
By TOI staff
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