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Iran Tests Cruise Missile

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 03.03.2012

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran test-fired a surface-to-surface cruise missile Monday in a drill its navy chief said proved Tehran was in complete control o...

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Iran Reportedly Tests Medium-Range Missile

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 03.02.2012

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's navy said Sunday it test-fired an advanced surface-to-air missile during a drill in international waters near the strategi...

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Iran Claims Footage Of U.S. Aircraft Carrier In Navy Drill Zone

AP | By NASSER KARIMI | Posted 02.28.2012

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TEHRAN, Iran -- An Iranian surveillance plane has recorded video and photographed a U.S. aircraft carrier during Iran's ongoing navy drill near a stra...

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Iran Says It Can Easily Close Key Oil Supply Route

AP | Posted 02.27.2012

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By ALI AKBAR DAREINI and TAREK EL-TABLAWY, Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran -- The U.S. strongly warned Iran on Wednesday against closing a vital Pers...

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Iran Begins Navy Drill In International Waters

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 02.23.2012

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's navy began a 10-day drill Saturday in international waters near the strategic oil route that passes through the Strait of ...

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Iran Sends Submarines To Red Sea, Highlighting Naval Power

AP | Posted 08.07.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has sent submarines to the Red Sea in the first such deployment by the country's navy in distant waters, a semi-official new...

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Iran: No Hostile Intentions For Suez Canal Ships

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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DAMASCUS, Syria — Iran's navy chief says Iran had "no hostile intentions" by sending two warships to the Mediterranean for the first time in mor...

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Iran To Mass Produce Navy Assault Boats

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's military has opened production lines for two new types of assault boats, state television reported Monday. The announceme...

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Iranian Military Plane 'Buzzes' U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A U.S. military official says the Navy had a close encounter with an Iranian surveillance plane last week in the Gulf of Oman. The...

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Iran Builds Destroyer: Jamaran Is First Domestically Built Ship Of Its Kind

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran — From the deck of Iran's new guided-missile destroyer, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denied Friday that Tehran was seeking...

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UK Nationals In Yacht Stopped By Iranian Navy

AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — Iran is holding five British sailors after stopping their racing yacht in the Persian Gulf, the British government said Monday. The mov...

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Iran Warns Of Tough Action Against British Sailors

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran warned on Tuesday that it will prosecute five British sailors if it is proven they had "bad intentions" when their 60-foot r...

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Crisis: U.S. In Confrontation With Iranian Ships, "On Verge Of Firing"

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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In what U.S. officials called a serious provocation, Iranian boats harassed and provoked three U.S. Navy ships in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, thre...

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