Iranian Navy Loitering in Bandar Abbas Harbor

Published Nov 21, 2025 1:25 PM by The Maritime Executive

On a visit earlier this month to the headquarters of the IRGC Navy's 2nd Naval District in Bushehr, Deputy Chief of the Armed Forces Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi stated that the presence of Iranian naval forces on Iran's maritime borders “instills such fear in enemies that they do not even dare to look sideways at these waters and lands.” During his visit, Brigadier Vahidi inspected some speedboats and a gallery of IRGC Navy martyrs who have fallen on operations this year.

However, satellite imagery of Bandar Abbas Naval Harbor, taken on November 21, shows that most of the principal ships of the Regular Iranian Navy (Nedaja) are tied up in the harbor. All five of the Nedaja’s five operational Alvand and Moudge Class frigates are on dockside berths, as well as the intelligence collection frigate IRINS Zagros (H313).

Both long-range fleet resupply ships vessel IRINS Makran (K441) and IRINS Kurdestan (K442), are on their permanent pier in the outer basin. Two of the larger logistics vessels often used to support Nedaja deployments, for example to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, namely the Hengam Class landing ships (IRINS Tonb (L513) and Lavan (L514) are alongside, with a third vessel of the class, IRINS Larak (L512), still under refurbishment in the floating dry dock close by. Unfortunately, the imagery available is not of sufficient resolution to determine how many of the Nedaja's submarines are in the harbor.

Since the 12-Day War, the Nedaja has, like this morning, been largely tied up in Bandar Abbas. The permanent presence in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, maintained since 2008, has been allowed to lapse, and Maritime Executive has not seen evidence of naval deployments into international waters for many months. With the exception of a small-scale drone and missile firing in August this year, as part of Exercise Sustainable Power 1404, exercise activity has appeared to have ceased, and it remains to be seen if Exercise Maritime Security Belt, the annual joint exercise with Russia and China, takes place during its regular slot in March every year. At a bare minimum, one might expect to see the long-range two-ship training cruise for naval cadets set out, which normally takes place in February.

Such an extended period of inactivity is likely to affect the operational training standards and perhaps sap the morale of the Nedaja commanders and sailors. The inactivity could indeed be a consequence of poor morale within the fleet.

In two unusual recent incidents, uniformed members of Iran's regular armed forces have made public demonstrations against the current regime in Iran, displaying the national flag of Iran as it was before the Islamic Revolution in 1979. One of these demonstrations took place at a Tehran metro station, with a colonel and lieutenant in uniform seen being arrested within 5 minutes of unfurling a pre-1979 flag on the station platform. IRGC Basij internal security forces were also seen rehearsing riot drills in Mashhad on November 15, as authorities prepare for possible internal disturbances likely in the wake of general unrest and nationwide shortages of water in particular.

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian's warning that in two weeks Tehran would run out of water has since passed without any rainfall to alleviate the situation, and the President is now saying that moving the capital is essential. On top of shortages of drinking water, the drop in the water table is threatening land subsidence in Tehran - in an area where buildings are already vulnerable to earthquake damage. Without indicating that any finance is available to fulfil such a plan, officials say the intention is to move the capital to the port city of Chah Bahar on the Indian Ocean.

https://maritime-executive.com/article/iranian-navy-loitering-in-bandar-abbas-harbor

>>23890095

Impatient

I doubt Madcow would be breaking in with "we interrupt our previously concocted Orange Man Bad for a breaking news event, the fascist DOJ is no longer under our control and have arrested somebody we care about. Stand by for shit as we attempt to protect them without knowing what's going on and throwing shade so when it's own turn here in the studio it looks political"

>>23890122

Yep, dementia patients with sudden clarity that happen to vote dem with increases in burner phone sales right before elections?

>>23890150

Nice how the header says "Syrian Girl"

I wonder how long "her" account has existed?

>>23890156

The girls at the click farms are gonna need a lot more tea

>>23890173

WWI Veterans marched on Washington for promised payment in 1932

May 23, 2023

Did you know that the U.S. Government dispatched 3,500 Army troops onto Washington D.C. streets under leadership of General Douglas MacArthur to drive off an assembled ‘army’ of WWI Veteran demonstrators?

It began with 400 veterans who assembled in Portland, OR by May 17, 1932, intent on marching on the nation’s capital to rally support for early payment of the promised Service Bonus (also known as the Tombstone Bonus) for WWI servicemen, promised to be paid in 1945. By June, approximately 1,500 men had assembled to demand the payment early to offset hardship of the Great Depression, which had begun in 1929.

On July 28 after failed attempts to dissuade the veterans from continuing to gather, and with some 10-20 thousand WWI veterans assembled (amid a total group more than twice that size) within central Washington, President Hoover sent in the Army and police to expel the marchers. Both General MacArthur and George Patton took part in efforts to drive off the many veterans from shanty towns and camps that were spread across many blocks, and the troops were instructed to use both tear gas and bayonets to drive away the demonstrators. The camps were lit with torches as an additional inducement.

The camp established at 3rd Street and Pennsylvania Avenue was run over by five tanks with mounted machine guns atop.

Four years later, in 1936, the veterans were paid their bonus, nine years early, when Congress overrode President Franklin Roosevelt’s veto.

Reference: National Park Service - https://www.nps.gov/articles/the-1932-bonus-army.htm

Reference: National Archives - https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2020/07/15/the-1932-bonus-army-black-and-white-americans-unite-in-march-on-washington/

https://www.va.gov/northeast-ohio-health-care/stories/wwi-veterans-marched-on-washington-for-promised-payment-in-1932/

US Expands Sanctions on Iran’s Energy Trade Snaring Wide Array of Companies

Published Nov 21, 2025 4:46 PM by The Maritime Executive

The United States expanded its sanctions against Iran’s energy trade with coordinated actions by both the State Department and the Treasury. The efforts continue to increase the reach beyond Iranian operations to target the front companies and enablers of the energy trade, as well as tankers being used for the shipments.

The Trump administration highlights that it has sanctioned over 170 vessels responsible for shipping Iranian crude and petroleum products. In addition to going after international companies, it also expanded the sanctions to increase the actions against Iranian airline Mahan Air. It says the airline has been used to arm and supply Iran’s proxy groups.

The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said its focus was on a network of front companies and shipping facilitators that bankroll the Iranian armed forces by selling crude oil. It contends that Iran has increasingly come to rely on the sale of its crude oil to supplement its annual budget and finance the rebuilding of its “depleted forces” after the war with Israel and the U.S. bombing earlier this year.

OFAC listed six additional vessels, some of which it says have been chartered by the various front companies to deliver the oil or conduct ship-to-ship transfers. It included vessels registered in Palau, Gambia, and Panama, used both for crude shipments and petroleum products, including liquified petroleum gas (LPG).

One vessel alone, Palau-registered Pioneer Sam (69,629 dwt), they allege has transported more than 30 shipments over the past two years, moving over 10 million barrels of Iranian fuel oil. They contend these tankers are moving crude and LPG to customers in East and South Asia, including Pakistan and Bangladesh.

At the center of the network, they said, is a company, Sepehr Energy Jahan, that is linked to the Armed Forces General Staff. Treasury associated the company to charterers and others in the UAE, a Panama-based shipping company, and others. Expanding the efforts, it also listed Germany-based trading company BPT Berlin Petroleum Trading, which is alleged to have arranged shipments via STS near Malaysia, and a Greek shipping company, Altomare, which it says chartered the Panama-flagged tanker Kallista to the front companies. They contend this vessel transported nearly four million barrels of oil on behalf of Sepehr Energy Jahan.

Concurrently, the State Department designated 17 entities, individuals, and vessels, which it said were all linked to the Iranian energy trade. It said that the previously listed Iranian Ministry of Petroleum, Iranian Oil Company, and National Iranian Tanker Company continue to rely on third-country service providers. State listed a maritime service provider in Singapore, ANBO Shipping also based in Singapore, and individuals in Singapore. It also designated a Marshall Islands-based shipping company and manager, and another company based in Vietnam, which manages two vessels. Another company is a commercial manager based in the UAE.

Among the vessels included by the State Department are two crude tankers flagged in Vietnam and a Comoros-flagged vessel.

The announcement of the sanctions came as Bloomberg reported that the U.S. Navy has used one of its destroyers deployed to the Caribbean to block the route of a sanctioned tanker bound for Venezuela. That tanker has been linked in the past to the Iranian trade and supplying Venezuela, as well as carrying products from Russia.

Since returning to the presidency in January 2025, Donald Trump has moved aggressively against the Iranian oil trade. The administration launched sanction packages against Iran in February and again in May.

https://maritime-executive.com/article/us-expands-sanctions-on-iran-s-energy-trade-snaring-wide-array-of-companies

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>>23890270

"Liberty Score" eh?

>>23890298

came from some dipshit's substack so I discounted it immediately

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>>23890361

May I be the first one to ask what this stuff is supposed to distract from?

I get wanting the projection of phantom accounts on to "MAGA-aligned Influencers" and there was that bit of boatfagging I did earlier about a USN destroyer making a tanker chicken out from going to Venezuela but is there something else?

Another Disney or CNN employee busted for cp maybe?

>>23890420

Just another slide these days, posts random places with lat/long thinking anons will track the locations down.

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>>23890408

It's wikipedia so might even be where the Orb Lady took the ET transmissions

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>>23890540

What truth? Looks fake and gay