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Iran’s Defense Budget to Grow from 2 to 5% of GDP
2017-01-19 Read More...
Iranian lawmakers approved an increase to the country’s military budget of 5% of the GDP, up from the 2% it occupied in the 2015-2016

Iran Eyes Exporting Small-Caliber Ammunition
2017-01-06 Read More...
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier-General Hossein Dehqan announced his country’s preparedness to export small-caliber ammunition to foreign states, Fars News Agency (FNA)

Iran Tests Modern Anti-Air Missile Systems
2017-01-05 Read More...
Iran tested its state-of-the-art missile systems in its large-scale air defense drills codenamed Modafe’an-e Aseman-e Velayat 7 in the Southern parts of the country last week, Fars News Agency (FNA)

Iran Building Explosive Reactive Armor (ERA)
2016-12-28 Read More...
A senior Iranian military official announced that the country has built an explosive reactive armor (ERA) stronger and more advanced than the Kontakt-5 used in T90 tanks, Fars News Agency (FNA)

Iran Producing Advanced Anti-Armored Missiles
2016-12-27 Read More...
“Important measures have been taken in the field of top attack weapons and producing smart rockets and anti-armored missiles and with different extra capabilities,” Head of Iran Ground Force’s Research and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization General

Iranian, South African Defense Ministers Sign MoU
2016-12-21 Read More...
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan and his South African counterpart Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula in a meeting in Pretoria last week signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to broaden their mutual cooperation, Fars

Russia Delivers S-300 Air Defense System to Iran
2016-12-06 Read More...
Russia has fully delivered all parts of S-300 air defense system to Iran and the two countries have agreed to develop logistical and technical cooperation, a senior Iranian government official

Israel to Acquire 17 Additional F-35 Fighter Jets
2016-11-29 Read More...
Israel on Sunday said it will expand its fleet of next-generation F-35 fighter jets in a move that officials believe will help maintain the country’s qualitative military edge over its Mideast neighbors for years to

Iran Plans to Buy Sukhoi Su-30 Fighter Jets
2016-11-28 Read More...
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan stated Tehran’s plan to buy Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets from Russia, adding that Moscow’s anti-terrorism flights in Syria from Iran’s Western airbase of Nojeh might resume in future, Fars News

Russia, Iran Negotiating $10 Billion Arms Deal
2016-11-16 Read More...
Russia and Iran are in talks over an arms deal worth around $10 billion that would see Moscow deliver T-90 tanks, artillery systems, planes and helicopters to Tehran, a senior Russian senator said on Monday, the RIA news agency

Iran, China Sign Defense-Military Agreement
2016-11-16 Read More...
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan and his Chinese counterpart General Chang Wanquan (photo), in a meeting in Tehran earlier this week, signed an agreement to further develop defense and military cooperation between the two

Iran Expanding Airborne Force’s New Bases
2016-11-14 Read More...
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Ground Force Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour announced that the newly-founded IRGC Airborne Force is setting up new bases in different parts of the country, Fars News Agency (FNA)

Israel Negotiating More Submarines with Germany
2016-10-18 Read More...
Four years after the heated debate regarding the question of whether or not the IDF Navy needs a sixth submarine - Germany and Israel have initiated negotiations regarding the acquisition of additional

Poll: 80.8% of Americans Oppose $38 Billion Aid to Israel
2016-09-30 Read More...
A majority of Americans would redirect $38 billion the Obama Administration recently pledged to Israel toward other priorities. A federal lawsuit aims to help

Iran, Italy Stage Joint Naval Wargames
2016-09-29 Read More...
Iranian and Italian Naval Forces held joint exercises in Iran’s territorial waters in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, Fars News Agency (FNA)

U.S., Israel Sign Record $38 Billion Military Aid Deal
2016-09-15 Read More...
The United States will give Israel $38 billion in military assistance over the next decade, the largest such aid package in US history, under a landmark agreement signed on Wednesday, Reuters

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