The US Navy intervened to stop Iranian Navy ships attempting to seize two oil tankers in separate incidents in the Gulf of Oman early on Wednesday morning, according to a US defense official.

Q-Ships are commercial ships outfitted with ... Shahid Mahdavi is not actually part of the Iranian Navy, but rather the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy (IRGC-N). The Revolutionary Guards ...

It was the third navy ship Iran has lost in an accident since 2018. According to state-controlled Iranian media, the Sahand initially "lost its balance due to water leakage into the tanks" on ...

A ship from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy forcibly seized the chemical tanker Nada II, according to a US official. The US Navy monitored the situation, the official said ...

The Navy says that its ships have foiled an Iranian attempt to make off with one of its new unmanned sailing ships in the Arabian Gulf. In a statement released Tuesday, the Navy said that it ...

IRINS Makran. FARS Photo The Islamic Republic of Iran Navy is sending ships to the Panama Canal, according to an article published in state-run media Friday. The Iranian Navy has yet to operate in ...

The US Navy revealed an operation last month involving drone boats that tracked Iranian ships. The drone boats photographed Iranian speedboats, which constantly harass ships in the Middle East.

The accidental sinking or capsizing of two other Iranian ships over the past decade—the Damavand in 2018 and the Talayieh in 2021—indicates serious deficiencies in the Iranian Navy.

Iranian ships are once again getting dangerously close to U.S. Navy vessels in the Persian Gulf. On June 20, 2022, as the coastal patrol ship USS Sirocco and expeditionary fast transport ship USNS ...

Iran unveiled a new high-speed vessel on Wednesday ... For comparison, the Freedom class of US Navy ships — one of the fastest in the Pentagon's arsenal — can reach speeds of around 45 knots (52 miles ...

In a statement, the U.S. Navy said the unmanned vessels, known as Saildrone Explorers, were operating near one another in international waters when they were taken aboard an Iranian ship.

An Iranian Navy frigate sank two days after capsizing in port. The latest incident suggests a lack of training and a design flaw with the Iran-built ship. Iran's Navy is losing clout and budget to ...