DefenceTalkThe Iranian naval forces for the first time tested the home-made long-range Qadir cruise missile during the wargames underway in the Sea of Oman on Tuesday. The missile could destroy simulated enemy target deep in the sea during the military exercises codenamed Mohammad Rasoulollah (PBUH) which started in the country’s Southern and Southeastern waters, South […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iranian-navy-test-fires-long-range-qadir-cruise-missile-during-drills-71175/

DefenceTalkIsrael’s military chief of staff said in an interview Thursday that his country was prepared to cooperate with Saudi Arabia to face Iran’s plans “to control the Middle East.” His comments were the latest sign that behind-the-scenes links between Israel and Gulf countries may be occurring due to Iran, their shared enemy, even though they […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-ready-to-cooperate-with-saudi-arabia-to-face-iran-defence-chief-70829/

DefenceTalkIran’s president on Sunday said his country would continue building weapons including developing missiles as the United States prepares new sanctions over its ballistic missile programme. “To defend our nation and territorial integrity, we will build all the weapons we will need,” Hassan Rouhani told parliament in statements broadcast on state television. Recent Iranian missile […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-says-to-continue-developing-ballistic-missiles-70707/

DefenceTalkTEHRAN: Iran said Monday that suggestions by US President Donald Trump that it was working with North Korea on missile development were “nonsense”. Foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi was responding to a tweet by Trump over the weekend in which the US president wrote: “Iran just test-fired a Ballistic Missile capable of reaching Israel. They […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-says-trump-claims-of-north-korea-links-nonsense-70556/

DefenceTalkPresident Donald Trump gave a stark warning Saturday that cast growing uncertainty over whether a nuclear deal clinched with Iran would survive after the Islamic republic tested a new medium-range missile. State television carried footage of the launch of the Khoramshahr missile, which was first displayed at a high-profile military parade in Tehran on Friday. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/trump-casts-doubt-over-iran-nuclear-deal-after-missile-test-70551/

DefenceTalkIran has tested its home-grown air defence system, designed to match the Russian S-300, the head of the Revolutionary Guards’ air defence has said. “In parallel with the deployment of the S-300, work on Bavar-373 system is underway,” Farzad Esmaili told state broadcaster IRIB yesterday. “The system is made completely in Iran and some of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-tests-home-grown-bavar-air-defence-system-official-70412/

DefenceTalkIran in a complaint to the United Nations has accused the United States of violating its nuclear agreement with world powers by imposing new sanctions over Tehran’s ballistic missile testing and rights abuses, Iranian news agencies reported on August 1. The U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on six Iranian firms last month for their role in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-accuses-us-of-violating-nuclear-deal-in-complaint-before-un-70218/

DefenceTalkThe United States has accused Iran of flouting a United Nations Security Council resolution by launching its most advanced satellite-carrying rocket to date. U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert on July 27 said the “provocative act” also violates the “spirit” of Tehran’s 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers. “We consider that to be continued ballistic-missile […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-says-irans-latest-satellite-rocket-test-violates-un-resolutions-70194/

DefenceTalkThe Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) equipped its Navy with a new anti-ship cruise missile. The cruise missile dubbed as Nasir was handed over by the Iranian Defense Ministry to the naval forces in large quantities at a special ceremony on Saturday which was attended by Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan and IRGC Navy […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iranian-navy-equipped-with-new-anti-ship-cruise-missiles-69806/

DefenceTalkAny new US action in Syria “will not go unanswered”, Iran’s Defence Minister Hossein Dehgan warned Tuesday after America threatened to follow up a strike last week with more attacks. The United States last week fired a volley of cruise missiles at a Syrian airbase in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack that killed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-warns-us-action-in-syria-wont-go-unanswered-69713/