Iran air defense

Iran says it has replaced air defenses damaged in Israel war

Israel's air force dominated Iran's airspace and dealt a heavy blow to the country's air defenses while Iranian armed forces launched successive barrages of missiles and drones on Israeli territory.

 An Iranian missile is displayed during a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022.
 Israel Air Force targets an Iranian F-14 jet, June 21, 2025.

WATCH: Israeli strikes destroy three F-14 jets in central Iran, IDF targeting military sites

 Iranians walk next to an anti-Israel billboard on a street in Tehran, Iran, October 27, 2024.

How many air defense systems does Iran have? - explainer

 Commuters drive past an anti-Israel billboard covering the facade of a building in Tehran on October 26, 2024.

Radar systems in Iran breached prior to Israel's Saturday counter-strike - report


Iranian commander: Missiles ready for the ‘annihilation’ of Israel

Hossein Salami is deputy head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is under the command of the country’s Supreme Leader.

Iranian-made Fateh 110 (Conqueror) (L) and Persian Gulf (R) missiles are seen next to a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a war exhibition in Tehran

Trump committed to preventing a nuclear Iran, senior aide says

Greenblatt: "Many options," including renegotiation of Iran deal.

Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks about the results of the Michigan, Mississippi and other primary elections during a news conference in Jupiter, Florida

Fragile economy forces Iran's top leaders to form alliance

After having achieved a nuclear deal with the West, both Rouhani and Khamenei have a vested interest in setting aside their differences to secure their political futures and turn the economy round.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani

Analysis: What Iran's missile launches mean

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps on Wednesday announced that it had launched two additional missiles – which it claims are “capable of reaching Israel.”

Iran launches missile from undisclosed location

Revolutionary Guards: 'Iran has 10 times more missiles than Hezbollah’s 100,000'

IRGC aerospace commander: Missiles belong to Palestinian, Lebanese, Syrian and Iraqi nations, as well as all the oppressed people of the world.

A MILITARY truck carrying a missile and a picture of Iran’s leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei drives in a parade marking the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war in Tehran

Iranians go to polls in national election

Friday's election for selecting members of the influential Assembly of Experts, the 88-seat body mandated to pick the Supreme Leader of Iran, shows reformist leading the way.

Iranian worshipers in Tehran chant slogans during a protest against Saudi Arabia after Thursday's crush that killed 131 Iranians at the haj pilgrimage

Amidror: If Iranian jets arrive in Syria, Israel would ‘only act if they threaten us’

Ex-national security advisor Amidror tells Post Iranian jets cannot challenge IAF air superiority; Defense establishment remains silent over possibility of Iranian jets in Syria.

Iranian air force fighter planes drop bombs on targets during manoeuvres in southern Iran June 24, 2009.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards target popular messaging app in widening crackdown

In recent weeks, Iran's powerful hardline Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has rounded up a number of artists, journalists and US citizens, citing fears of Western "infiltration."

Apple's iPhone 6 (R) and iPhone 6 Plus.

Analysis: Russia-Iran alliance tactical, not strategic

Russia seeks to solidify Assad’s regime in an Alawite mini-state in the face of a Sunni onslaught funded by Gulf states.

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani during their meeting in Ufa, Russia, July 9, 2015.

As I See It: Game-changer: Iran’s involvement with 9/11

The most remarkable aspect of this US surrender to Iran is that the Iranian regime is not some hypothetical threat.

Activists gather at a Capitol Hill rally against the Iran nuclear deal in Washington September 9, 2015