Tag: IRGC Navy

  • Mixed Reporting of Possible UK Plans to Release Seized GRACE 1 Tanker

    August 13: Various international media outlets have reported today that Iranian officials have stated that Britain might free its oil tanker GRACE 1 soon. The vessel was seized on July […]

  • FREE CSOA REPORT: GPS Interference in Arabian Gulf

    August 08: The US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has released an advisory warning of GPS interference in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of Oman. The […]

  • Iran Released Nine Crew of Seized Tanker RIAH

    July 27: As referred to in yesterday’s report on tensions with Iran, Iran has freed nine of 12 Indian crew members of MT Riah, a Panama-flagged tanker it seized this month […]

  • FREE CSOA REPORT: Iran Seizes Third Tanker

    August 05: Initial reports that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGC(N)) intercepted and seized an unspecified Iraqi oil tanker on the night of July 31.  For more information, CSO […]

  • UAE-Based Oil Tanker Disappears in Iranian Waters in the Strait of Hormuz

    July 16: An oil tanker based in the United Arab Emirates is missing after it stopped in Iranian waters three days ago [July 13] and switched off its transponder, raising […]

  • FREE CSOA REPORT: Iran Seizes British Tanker

    July 19: On July 19, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGC(N)) intercepted two vessels in the Strait of Hormuz –UK flagged oil/chemical tanker STENA IMPERIO and UK owned crude […]

  • Iran starts drills

    Region keeps an eye on things. Iran starts Gulf war games, to test submarine-launched missiles DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran on Friday began large-scale naval drills at the mouth of the […]

  • Russia, Iran plan drills

    Closer ties will not please the US. Iran, Russia to hold naval drills TEHRAN – Navy Chief Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said on Sunday that Iran and Russia plan to […]

  • IRGC goes stealth

    No sign of a thaw in region for New Year. Iran’s IRGC censures U.S. presence in Gulf, improves battle features of speedboats: command Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy […]

  • Iran plans naval drills

    Keeping the region simmering. Iran Navy to stage military maneuver in Indian Ocean: Commander Iranian naval forces plan to stage a large-scale drill in the Indian Ocean to boost and […]