On February 06, 2025, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps' (IRGC) accepted the delivery of the new homegrown drone and helicopter carrier ship Shahid Bahman Bagheri during a ceremony in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have taken delivery of the country's first ship capable of launching drones and helicopters at sea, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Thursday.Amid military exercises lasting from early January to early March,

Iran inaugurates its first drone-carrier warship - The warship can travel ‘independently’ in seas for one year

Iran has unveiled its first drone-carrier warship, a vessel the country claims can operate far from its shores, The Associated Press reported on Thursday, citing Iran’s official IRNA news agency.

Iran has finally shown a drone taking off and landing on – in the latter case with the help of arresting gear – the deck of the country’s unusual new ‘drone carrier,’ the Shahid Bagheri. Newly emerged imagery also shows various drones and crewed helicopters on the flight deck,

With a 180-meter-long runway for drones, the vessel can travel up to 22,000 nautical miles without needing to refuel in ports. The report said it was converted from a commercial ship and would increase Iran’s power of deterrence.

Iran has commissioned its first aircraft carrier, Shahid Bagheri (C110-4), developed from the container ship Perarin as part of a program to convert large commercial ships for military purposes. The vessel has been adapted for helicopter takeoffs,