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Iran to Put a Satellite into Geostationary Orbit

Iran is planning to increase the orbital altitude of its military satellite in the coming years to reach a geosynchronous equatorial orbit of 36,000 kilometres, said an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Command official said. Brigadier General Ali Jafarzadeh, an IRGC commander, said that the importance of this orbital altitude (geostationary-orbit) comes from the fact that it…
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2 New Homegrown Strategic Radar Systems for Iran

In a ceremony attended by Iran's Army Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi and Commander of Army’s Air Defense Force Brigadier General Alireza Sabahifard, two Iranian radars, “Persian Gulf” and “Moraqeb”, were unveiled. Moraqeb (vigilant) is a 3D phased array radar with high precision and cutting-edge technologies. With a range of 400 km, the new Iranian…
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Iran Successfully Puts Its First Military Satellite Into Orbit

Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced today that Iran has successfully launched its first military satellite into orbit. “Iran’s first military satellite, Noor, was launched this morning from the central desert of Iran. The launch was successful and the satellite reached orbit,” state TV said. Sepah News, the news agency of the Revolutionary Guard published…
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Iran’s missile shield

        Developing own missile capabilities has been the main priority over many years as part of Iranian defense strategy aimed at containing the USA and its regional allies. Sanctions of the UN Security Council remaining in force against Iran until autumn 2020 and banning supplies of many ordinary armaments including combat airplanes…
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Russia, Iran, China to Hold Four-Day Joint Naval Drills in Indian Ocean

Russia, Iran and China will hold four-day joint naval maneuvers that will kick off on December 27, spokesman for the Iranian Armed Forces Abolfazl Shekarchi said on Wednesday. «The joint drills of Iran, China and Russia will begin in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Oman on Friday and last four days,» the news…
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Iran’s Security Chief Calls for Deepening Security Cooperation with Russia

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani has highlighted the need to cultivate bilateral ties with Russia to ensure regional security. He said as much at a meeting with Secretary of Russia’s Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, which was held in Tehran on Wednesday. «During the meeting, Shamkhani pointed to the need to deepen…
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“Almaz – Antey” in Iranian civil aviation

“Almaz – Antey” Air and Space Defence Corporation” (Russian Federation) and “Shiraz Electronics Industries” (Islamic Republic of Iran) signed an agreement on cooperation in the joint research, development, manufacture and supply of ground-based and airborne civil equipment and components for Communication, Navigation, Surveillance and Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM).   The Agreement aim is to combine…
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Syria, Turkey, Iran – Highlighting the Key Points

By Leonid Nersisyan, military analyst. A few weeks earlier, Turkey sent troops to the border areas of Syria. The need to clear the Daesh militants from the city of Jarabulus, to support the forces of the pro-Turkish Syrian moderate opposition was named as the official reason for it. This action of the Turkish leadership has…
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Iran. The S-300 saga

There was an interesting event on April 11, 2016 – the saga of delivery of Russian air defense missile systems S-300PMU-1 to Iran came to an end. Hossein Jaber Ansari, Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman, officially declared that Tehran received the first components of the S-300 ADMS from Russia. Interestingly, this information has been neither confirmed…
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Challenges in Transitioning to National Currency Settlements within BRICS

One of the pertinent directions of work for the BRICS countries within their union is transitioning to settlements in national currencies. However, despite the increasing attention paid to this direction in recent times, countries face several challenges on the path to creating new financial mechanisms, as outlined by Ivan Timofeev, Director of the Russian International…
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