Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Iranian officials said the Iranian Navy has sent fleets of warships to the United States. The officials said the Iranian warships would arrive near U.S. territorial waters over the next few weeks. “Iran’s military fleet is approaching the United States’ maritime borders,” Iranian Navy northern fleet commander Adm. Afshin Hadad […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Iranian Navy plans to deploy warships in the Atlantic Ocean, having entered the Pacific Ocean for the first time since 1979 in late February. The Iranian Navy said deployment in the Atlantic would begin in 2013. Officials said this would mark the first Iranian missions in the Atlantic. The […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Iran has reported the deployment of its indigenous cruise missile. Officials said the Iranian Navy received its first shipment of the Zafar cruise missile. They said Zafar, which underwent production in February 2012, would represent a critical asset for the conventional navy and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Western defense analysts […]