Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has appointed Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi as deputy chief of the Armed Forces.

The Iranian defense minister says Tehran welcomes the expansion of defense and industrial cooperation with Belarus.

Saudi Arabia is in talks with the US for a defense pact, FT reports.

Academic and Political Commentator Mohsen Saleh says the Iranian armed forces are highly-prepared to confront any possible Israeli aggression. 

Pakistan likens its recent defense agreement with Saudi Arabia to the one that exists among the Western military alliance of NATO’s member states.

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed a “landmark strategic deal,” pledging to treat any act of aggression against one country as an attack on both.

Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has stressed the importance of self-reliance in defense and comprehensive power-building in a message marking Iran’s National Defense Industry Day.