A thousand new drones were delivered to Iran’s army on Monday, the state-run Tasnim news agency reported, as the country braces for more friction with arch-enemy Israel and the United States under incoming US president Donald Trump. The drones were delivered to various locations throughout Iran and are said to have high stealth and … Read more
Tehran: Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has unveiled a new underground missile base, local media reported. Footage broadcast by state-run IRIB TV on Friday night showed the facility, described as a “missile city,” being unveiled in the presence of IRGC Commander Hossein Salami and Amir-Ali Hajizadeh, head of the IRGC’s Aerospace Force. The base … Read more
Iran has made several claims over the last day regarding the expansion of its drone capabilities. One of the claims is that it has received more than 1,000 drones from the Iranian army. A second claim revolves around its use of AI technology for its drones. Both of these are potentially important developments in … Read more
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) conducted an exercise to test its air defense systems on Saturday as part of a broader operation that began earlier in January and is expected to last about two months. Reports indicate that these systems sustained significant damage during attacks carried out by the Israeli Air Force (IAF) … Read more
Iran’s defense industry revealed a new suicide drone this week—the Razvan—which closely mirrors the Israeli UVision Hero series during a showcase held by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), N12 reported on Friday, citing Iranian media. The Razvan boasts a range of 20 km and a flight duration of 20 minutes, transmitting live video … Read more
The assassination of Hamas’s political bureau leader, Ismail Haniyeh, required meticulous planning and a collaborator on the inside and was nearly derailed by a broken air conditioner, an exclusive Saturday N12 report revealed. Haniyeh was staying in the Neshat compound in the Saadat Abad neighborhood of Tehran when he was killed on July 31, 2024. The … Read more
Iran is seeking to increase ties with China. This is a trend that goes back several years as Iran approved a 25-year agreement with China that is supposed to see massive investment in Iran by China. However, Iran wants to move things along faster as it sees how it is losing ground in places … Read more
An Iranian national and officer in the IRGC, Mohammad Reza Nouri, 36, was charged with murder and terrorism for his alleged role in orchestrating the Nov. 7, 2022, murder of American Stephen Troell in Baghdad, the FBI announced on Friday. Nouri was arrested in Iraq in March 2023, where he currently remains in custody. … Read more
For over four and a half decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s foreign policy has revolved around two central objectives: the elimination of Israel and opposition to the United States. These twin pillars have shaped its military doctrine and strategic maneuvers under the leadership of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Recent events have exposed … Read more
As Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei grapples with the knowledge that his proxy terror groups throughout the Middle East are falling one by one, either through war with Israel or rebel factions in the case of Syria, only one domino with meaningful power is left standing – that of Khamenei himself. To what … Read more
