Iran air defense

Israel, Iran trade blows before ceasefire, but Hezbollah conflict could destabilize

The latest IDF attacks further reduced these newly restored air defenses, enabling the air force to attack more freely within Iran if the current round of fighting were to continue.

People walk past a mural depicting the late leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, May 25, 2026.
 Israeli air defense systems operating during the war with Iran.

Lessons from Operation Roaring Lion: Defending the Defenders -opinion

An IDF F-35 "Adir" shot down an Iranian Air Force YAK-130 fighter jet on March 4, 2026.

US F-35 hit, forced to make emergency landing, IRGC takes credit

Smoke rises in the distance following an airstrike at the same time a Quds Day demonstration takes place on March 13, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

IDF confirms 400th strike wave in Iran since start of Op. Roaring Lion


Iran to continue space program despite U.S. warnings

"There is no international law that prohibits us from [continuing]," said Zarif.

A Nour missile is test fired off Iran's first domestically made destroyer, Jamaran, on the southern shores of Iran in the Persian Gulf March 9, 2010

Iran unveils a new fighter jet

The fighter jet called Kowsar was fully domestic made, capable of carrying various weapons, and will be used for short aerial support missions.

Iran Qaher-313 jet prototype

Iran to unveil fighter plane in days, defense minister says

The plane is believed to be the stealth Qaher F-313, which experts say is too small to fit a pilot.

Iran Qaher-313 jet prototype

Iran unveils new short-range Fateh ballistic missile

Iranian defense minister says new stealth missile is agile and precise

Missiles and a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Baharestan Square in Tehran, Iran

Pro-Assad alliance: Israel to see 'severe response' to future 'terrorism'

Iranian commander says Iran can "create a hell for the Zionist regime." Israel said it had sent its jets into Syria after shooting down an Iranian drone flying over Israeli territory.

An Israeli Air Force F-35 fighter jet flies during an aerial demonstration at a graduation ceremony for Israeli airforce pilots at the Hatzerim air base in southern Israel December 29, 2016.

Iran debuts nuclear power plant in Bushehr

Revolutionary Guard Commander: Our 2000 km ballistic missle range is enough to harm our enemies

A SATELLITE view of Iran's Fordow nuclear plant.

Qatar’s Crisis is Iran’s Opportunity

For the sake of strategic containment, regional stability and Israeli-Palestinian peace, it is imperative the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is not permitted to establish a military foothold.

The mausoleum of the founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran, Iran

Iranians queue up to vote in fiercely-contested presidential election

Rouhani's strongest challenger is hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi, 56, who says Iran does not need foreign help and promises a revival of the values of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

A boy holding a placard with pictures of (left to right) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, the late founder of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, poses in front of a model of a satellite-carrier rocket last year

Iran's shadow wars eclipse its nuclear threat, says expert

Afshon Ostavar says Tehran's highly influential Revolutionary Guard Corps has combined ideology and practicality in an effective way, producing results in Syria, Lebanon and Gaza.

Iranian Revolutionary Guard members in Tehran carry the casket of Iran Revolutionary Guards Brigadier General Mohsen Ghajarian, who was killed in the northern province of Aleppo , Syria

US says Iran complies with nuke deal but orders review on lifting sanctions

He did not say how long the review would take but said in the letter to Ryan that the administration looked forward to working with Congress on the issue.

Employees of the Research Institute for Protective Technologies, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection (WIS) inspect a dummy sample which is contaminated with a substance similar to the chemical weapon Sarin.