http://www.mail.com/organizations/1495490-iranian-armed-forces.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/1495490-iranian-armed-forces.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2108134-iran-presidential-candidate-vows-to-resist-west.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's top nuclear negotiator, a candidate in next month's presidential elections, vowed Friday he will pursue a policy of resistance against the West if elected. Addressing his first campaign rally in Tehran, Saeed Jalili said his priority in foreign policy will be to expand Islam's influence in the world and counter "arrogance," a re... Fri, 24 May 2013 18:14:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2108134-iran-presidential-candidate-vows-to-resist-west.html 2013-05-24T18:14:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081702-nigeria-judge-iranian-colleague-smuggled-weapons.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — An Iranian and his Nigerian accomplice were sentenced to five years in prison Monday over a plot they orchestrated to smuggle a shipment of military-grade weapons including mortar rounds into West Africa. Both Azim Aghajani and his accomplice, Usman Abbas Jega, pleaded for leniency in the hearing, in which Justice Okechukwu J. Okeke ... Mon, 13 May 2013 15:48:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081702-nigeria-judge-iranian-colleague-smuggled-weapons.html 2013-05-13T15:48:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2039268-irans-leader-accused-manipulating-public-views.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's armed forces joint chief of staff is accusing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of trying to manipulate public opinion. It is the latest exchange of harsh rhetoric between outgoing Ahmadinejad and his conservative opponents ahead of the June election. The conservative Khabaronline news website on Tuesday quoted Gen. Hasan Firouzabad... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:56:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2039268-irans-leader-accused-manipulating-public-views.html 2013-04-23T15:56:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2027458-irans-president-slams-foreign-presence-gulf.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Iranian president on Thursday slammed the West for its naval presence in the Persian Gulf while the country's army commanders warned archenemy Israel against any military strikes on Iran. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said "foreign presence" was the source of insecurity in the Gulf and the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:20:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2027458-irans-president-slams-foreign-presence-gulf.html 2013-04-18T11:20:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1959324-iran-commanders-authorized-to-respond-to-attacks.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The spokesman for Iran's armed forces says military commanders have been given the authority to respond immediately to enemy attacks. Gen. Masoud Jazayeri also says Iran keeps "all options are on the table", language similar to that used by U.S. President Barack Obama to leave open the possibility of military action against Iran's nucl... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 10:36:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1959324-iran-commanders-authorized-to-respond-to-attacks.html 2013-03-16T10:36:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1954016-report-iran-test-fires-short-range-missiles.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian media say the military has test-fired several short-range missiles, including the type Palestinian militant Hamas group used to attack Tel Aviv last November. Thursday's report by the semi-official Fars news agency says the missiles were tested during an army exercise in central Iran. It says the missiles fired were Nazeat-10 a... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:11:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1954016-report-iran-test-fires-short-range-missiles.html 2013-03-14T09:11:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1933374-top-us-commander-iran-sanctions-working.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration program of sanctions and diplomatic efforts to stop Iran from gaining nuclear capabilities is not working, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East told a Senate committee Tuesday, adding that Tehran has a history of denial and deceit and is "enriching uranium beyond any plausible peaceful purpose." Gen. James M... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:54:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1933374-top-us-commander-iran-sanctions-working.html 2013-03-05T22:54:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1916412-shiite-militant-threatens-iranian-exiles-iraq.html BAGHDAD (AP) — The head of a new Shiite militant group in Iraq on Tuesday threatened to carry out more attacks on a camp for Iranian exiles that was struck by dozens of rockets and mortar shells earlier this month. Seven people were killed in the Feb. 9 attack on the camp near Baghdad airport that houses members of Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, or MEK, the militant... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:02:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1916412-shiite-militant-threatens-iranian-exiles-iraq.html 2013-02-26T18:02:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1913360-return-sectarian-threats-iraq-raises-alarm.html BAGHDAD (AP) — The fliers began turning up at Sunni households in the Iraqi capital's Jihad neighborhood last week bearing a chilling message: Get out now or face "great agony" soon. The leaflets were signed by the Mukhtar Army, a new Shiite militant group with ties to Iran's Revolutionary Guard. "The zero hour has come. So leave along with your families.... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 06:47:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1913360-return-sectarian-threats-iraq-raises-alarm.html 2013-02-25T06:47:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1911660-irans-revolutionary-guard-denies-drone-capture.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard is denying that it captured a foreign unmanned aircraft during a military exercise in southern Iran. A spokesman for the Guard, Yasin Hasanali, told The Associated Press that the drone was actually being used during the drill as a supposed enemy aircraft. Iranian media on Saturday quoted a spokesman ... Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:31:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1911660-irans-revolutionary-guard-denies-drone-capture.html 2013-02-24T13:31:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1911640-iran-reports-death-revolutionary-guards-officer.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian semi-official news agency is reporting that a commander of the powerful Revolutionary Guards has been killed in the country's Kurdish northwest. The Sunday report by Fars quotes a statement by the Guards as saying Gen. Hamid Tabatabaei was "martyred" during an engineering assignment. It was the third reported killing of a ra... Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:13:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1911640-iran-reports-death-revolutionary-guards-officer.html 2013-02-24T13:13:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1910560-iran-captured-foreign-enemy-drone.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard said Saturday that it had captured a foreign unmanned aircraft during a military exercise in southern Iran. Gen. Hamid Sarkheili, a spokesman for the military exercise, said the Guard's electronic warfare unit spotted signals indicating that foreign drones were trying to enter Iranian airspace. Sarkh... Sat, 23 Feb 2013 21:52:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1910560-iran-captured-foreign-enemy-drone.html 2013-02-23T21:52:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1909908-iran-revolutionary-guard-military-exercises.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard has begun a three-day ground and air military exercise aimed at upgrading its combat readiness. State TV says the drills involve ground forces of the Guard, Iran's most powerful military force, around the city of Sirjan in the country's south. It showed tanks and artillery attacking hypothetical enem... Sat, 23 Feb 2013 08:15:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1909908-iran-revolutionary-guard-military-exercises.html 2013-02-23T08:15:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1897490-iran-plans-to-establish-navy-base.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's official news agency says the country's navy plans to establish a new base near Pakistan's border in the Sea of Oman. The plans are part of Iranian ambitions to exert its naval power outside the Persian Gulf, including sending warships to the Mediterranean and claiming it might someday have ships in the Atlantic. The IRNA report... Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:26:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1897490-iran-plans-to-establish-navy-base.html 2013-02-17T08:26:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1891180-iran-mourns-slain-senior-military-commander.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Prominent Iranian politicians and clerics led mourners at a funeral Thursday for a senior commander of the country's powerful Revolutionary Guards who was killed this week while traveling from Syria to Lebanon, local media said. The semiofficial Fars news agency identified the slain commander as Gen. Hassan Shateri, and said he was in ... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:46:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1891180-iran-mourns-slain-senior-military-commander.html 2013-02-14T16:46:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1889982-senior-iranian-commander-reportedly-killed.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian independent news website is reporting that a senior commander of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard has been killed in Lebanon The website — mashreghnews.ir — says Gen. Hassan Shateri was killed by "mercenaries of the Zionist regime," but provided no details about his death. Shateri led Guard forces in Lebanon and oversaw I... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:45:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1889982-senior-iranian-commander-reportedly-killed.html 2013-02-13T20:45:34Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1870220-irans-show-force-loud-clear.html DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In years past, keeping track of Iran's claims of military and technological advances was relatively easy: Wait until early February and watch the parades and announcements in the buildup to celebrations marking the Islamic Revolution. Now, with the strategic stakes ever higher, Iranian officials are boasting louder, pressing harder and leav... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1870220-irans-show-force-loud-clear.html 2013-02-05T17:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1866796-analysis-economy-military-shape-us-iran-strategy.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama may have to decide this year whether to use military force to fulfill his vow to prevent Iran from being able to build nuclear weapons, foreign policy experts say. But America's economic and military realities argue intensely against attacking the Islamic republic and for muddling through by, perhaps, further tight... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 08:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1866796-analysis-economy-military-shape-us-iran-strategy.html 2013-02-04T08:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1863670-ahmadinejad-unveils-irans-newest-fighter-jet.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Saturday unveiled its newest combat jet, a domestically manufactured fighter-bomber that military officials claim can evade radar. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a ceremony broadcast on state TV that building the Qaher F-313, or Dominant F-313, shows Iran's will to "conquer scientific peaks." The Qaher is one of several ... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1863670-ahmadinejad-unveils-irans-newest-fighter-jet.html 2013-02-02T14:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1855676-report-iran-hezbollah-terror-threat-rising.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran's elite Quds Force and Hezbollah militants are learning from a series of botched terror attacks over the past two years and pose a growing threat to the U.S. and other Western targets as well as Israel, a prominent counterterrorism expert says. Operating both independently and together, the militant groups are escalating their activ... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1855676-report-iran-hezbollah-terror-threat-rising.html 2013-01-30T14:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1840526-iranian-guard-asserts-power-strait-hormuz.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The top commander of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard insists his force controls shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, gateway for one fifth of the world's oil. Sanctions over Iran's nuclear program have battered its economy and collapsed its currency. The West believes Iran might move to make nuclear weapons. Iran denies that. Gen. Moh... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1840526-iranian-guard-asserts-power-strait-hormuz.html 2013-01-23T15:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1808282-iranians-freed-major-prisoner-swap-syria.html DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Rebels freed 48 Iranians on Wednesday in exchange for more than 2,000 prisoners, including women and children, held by Syrian authorities — a deal struck after rare negotiations involving regional powers Turkey, Qatar and Iran. It was the first major prisoner swap since the uprising began against President Bashar Assad nearly 22 mon... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1808282-iranians-freed-major-prisoner-swap-syria.html 2013-01-09T19:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1795570-iran-captured-2-us-drones.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian navy commander claims Iran captured two small U.S. drones in past missions in addition to at least four others reported earlier. Adm. Amir Rastgari says the two drones were of the small, low-altitude RQ-11 type, according to the semiofficial Fars news agency. He said one was captured in summer of 2011 and the other Nov. 2012... Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1795570-iran-captured-2-us-drones.html 2013-01-02T14:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1794118-iran-warns-foreign-planes-strait-hormuz.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's navy issued dozens of warnings to foreign planes and warships that approached its forces during a five-day sea maneuver near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a semi-official news agency reported Tuesday. Mehr quoted Adm. Amir Rastgari, spokesman for the exercise, as saying that naval and air defense forces on 30 occasions warned ... Tue, 01 Jan 2013 10:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1794118-iran-warns-foreign-planes-strait-hormuz.html 2013-01-01T10:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1792916-iran-test-fires-missiles-strait-hormuz.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's navy said Monday it test-fired a range of weapons during ongoing maneuvers near the Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for one-fifth of the world's oil supply. IRNA quoted Adm. Amir Rastgari, spokesman for the exercise, as saying the Iranian-made air defense system Raad, or Thunder, was among the weapons tested, along with various... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1792916-iran-test-fires-missiles-strait-hormuz.html 2012-12-31T11:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1788494-iran-open-military-site-to-un-nuclear-watchdog.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian official is saying the country may open a controversial military site to inspectors of the United Nations nuclear watchdog. A Thursday report by independent Mardomsalari daily quotes Deputy Foreign Minister Hasan Qashqavi as saying the inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency may visit Parchin military site "if... Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1788494-iran-open-military-site-to-un-nuclear-watchdog.html 2012-12-27T16:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760506-iran-copy-captured-cia-drone.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran is now capable of manufacturing its own copies of an advanced CIA spy drone captured last year, a senior Iranian lawmaker said Wednesday. Avaz Heidarpour, a member of the parliament's national security committee, said experts have reverse-engineered the RQ-170 Sentinel drone, and Iran now is capable of launching a production line ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760506-iran-copy-captured-cia-drone.html 2012-12-12T14:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1741476-iran-claims-us-drone-capture-navy-denies-loss.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran claimed Tuesday it had taken another prize in a growing showdown with Washington over drone surveillance, displaying a purported U.S. unmanned aircraft it said was captured intact. The U.S. Navy, however, said none of its drones in the region was missing. The conflicting accounts could put pressure on both sides for more details o... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1741476-iran-claims-us-drone-capture-navy-denies-loss.html 2012-12-04T17:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1728240-iran-showcases-warships-strategic-waters.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's state TV is showcasing additions to its Navy including a missile-launching warship around the size of a frigate. Navy officials watched as the domestically-produced Sina-7, equipped with anti-ship missiles, was launched Wednesday at Bandar Abbas, near the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Two new Iranian-built Ghadir submarines and tw... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1728240-iran-showcases-warships-strategic-waters.html 2012-11-28T12:04:00Z