The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy rejected the Pentagons untrue account of what has happened during a recent encounter between the US naval forces and IRGC vessels in Irans southern waters, warning the terrorist US military forces to avoid unprofessional maneuvers. In a statement released on Tuesday, the IRGC Navy dismissed the claim raised ...

RT - The USS Kidd Navy destroyer is heading back to port after the US Department of Defense confirmed one sailor tested positive for Covid-19 and was medically evacuated from the ship. US officials also told Reuters that there are over a dozen positive cases on board. The vessel is currently operating in the eastern Pacific region carrying out ...

RT - Iran has blasted Washington for deploying submarines with low-yield nuclear warheads, arguing that the move increases the likelihood of unconventional war. "Such provocative actions must be condemned," Mohsen Baharvand, Iran's deputy foreign minister for international and legal affairs, told the Conference on Disarmament in the UN building ...

The Hill - One more U.S. service member has been diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury following Irans January missile strike in Iraq, the Pentagon announced Friday. The new diagnosis brings the total number of U.S. service members who suffered brain injuries in the attack to 110. From al Asad to Germany and the United States, the militarys ...

Al-Monitor | Jack Detsch: The Pentagon announced that a rocket struck an Iraqi base housing American troops today and that US forces had intercepted a Yemen-bound dhow carrying Iranian-designed weapons days earlier, extending the ongoing military tit-for-tat with pro-Iranian forces. A defense official told Al-Monitor that the K1 base in the oil-...

Sputnik - A growing number of US troops diagnosed with varying degrees of brain trauma from the January 8 missiles strikes conducted by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) are eligible for the Purple Heart service award, according to the Department of Defense. Speaking to reporters during a recent news briefing, Jonathan Hoffman, assistant ...

Reuters - The Pentagon said on Tuesday 50 U.S. service members were now diagnosed with traumatic brain injury after missile strikes by Iran on a base in Iraq earlier this month, 16 more than the military had previously announced. President Donald Trump and other top officials initially said Irans Jan. 8 attack had not killed or injured any U.S. ...

NPR |David Welna: Eight U.S. troops diagnosed with traumatic brain injury (TBI) arrived in the U.S. on Friday, according to Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman. Hoffman said those troops are among a total of 34 American servicemembers diagnosed with TBI after the al Asad airbase where they were stationed in Iraq was hit by missiles fired by Iran ...

Reuters - The Pentagon said on Friday that 34 service members had been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury following missile strikes by Iran on a base in Iraq earlier this month. Trump and other top officials initially said Irans attack had not killed or injured any U.S. service members. Last week the U.S. military said 11 U.S. troops had been ...

Press TV - President Hassan Rouhani has signedan amended law that expands Irans designation of American terrorist organizations to include the Pentagon and all its subsidiaries. Irans parliament passed the initial version of the law back in April, whichdesignated the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) as a terrorist organization after the ...

Tasnim Irans lawmakers unanimously voted for a motion to designate the US Army and the Pentagon as terrorist organizations in response to a recent move by Washington to assassinate Irans revered commander, Lt. General Qassem Soleimani. The generalities and details of the emergency motion were unanimously passed during an open session of the parliament ...

Press TV - The Pentagon has announced that the United States is sending at least 3,000 additional troops to the Middle East after the US assassination of Iranian LieutenantGeneral Qassem Soleimani. Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq's ...

RT - Some 750 paratroopers from the US Armys 82nd Airborne Division are already on their way to Kuwait, and more may soon follow, after the US Embassy in Baghdad was stormed and nearly taken by angry Iraqi militiamen. The 82nds alert brigade was ordered to deploy on Tuesday evening, Fox News reported, citing multiple Pentagon officials, shortly ...

Press TV- A research study conducted by the US Department of Defense has hailed Irans achievements in its ballistic missiles program despite decades of Washington-imposed sanctions, saying its arsenal is larger than that of any other Middle Eastern countries. "Iran has an extensive missile development program, and the size and sophistication of ...

Al-Monitor | Jack Detsch: Iran is likely to seek out Russia and China to purchase advanced weapons systems such as tanks and fighter jets when a United Nations arms embargo against the country expires next year, a senior defense intelligence official said today, amid rising tensions in the Middle East. In a report released on Tuesday that unveils ...

Reuters |Idrees Ali: U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday, with tensions simmering between Washington and Tehran, and Russia seeking to boost its influence in the Middle East. Esper is likely to meet King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on his first trip to the key regional ally since taking office this ...

Press TV - US Defense Secretary Mark Esper says all of the American troops pulling out of northeastern Syria will move to western Iraq. The US withdrawal continues apace from northeastern Syria... were talking weeks not days, Esper told reporters en route to the Middle East late on Saturday, noting that the process is being conducted via aircraft ...

The New York Times - The United States is sending about 3,000 additional troops to Saudi Arabia in the latest military response by the Trump administration after it accused Iran of attacks last month on Saudi oil facilities, the Pentagon said on Friday. The move came only five days after President Trump said that his desire to terminate Americas ...

MNA US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Thursday he currently had no plan on his desk to seize the Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya 1, despite earlier reports about US offering of cash to its captain to hand it over. We do not talk about plans, but currently I have no plan right now sitting on my desk to do such a thing, Esper told ...

Press TV - United States Defense Secretary Mark Esper says he is in favor of placing ground-launched, intermediate-range missiles in Asia, a day after the United States pulled itself from a Cold War era arms control pact. In an interview on Saturday, the new Pentagon chief, however, did not specify where the United States intended to deploy the ...