Iran Navy IRIS Shahid Raees Ali Delvari Commissioned

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy commissioned the missile corvette Shahid Raees Ali Delvari at a ceremony in Bandar Abbas on 27 February 2025, Army Recognition reported, the fourth unit of the Shahid Soleimani class. The 67-metre catamaran, with a 20-metre beam, is credited by the same report with a top speed of 32 knots and a range of 5,000 nautical miles, vertical launchers for cruise missiles, automatic guns and an internal hangar for helicopters and fast attack boats. The class was designed to give the IRGC Navy a longer-ranged surface combatant than its fast-boat fleet.