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Artesh Navy 3rd Naval District

منطقه سوم دریایی ارتش

IRAN · ARTESH NAVY · COMMAND

Part of Artesh Navy

Iran Active Subordination reported
Assessed as of
2026-09
Reviewed
2026-09-09
Confidence
moderate
  • State affiliation · Iran
  • Vigil category device · not official insignia
Identity provenance

State affiliation: Iran.

Vigil category device — drawn from this record’s own domain, echelon and role. Not an official insignia.

In brief

The conventional navy's Makran-coast district, headquartered at Konarak near Chabahar — the district with responsibility over the Gulf of Oman and the seat from which Iran's long-range naval deployments have sailed.

Scope
Structure, role, lineage and links. No subordinate records published.
Subordination
Subordination reported
Sources
3 on the record
Record state
Partial
Broad area of activity
The Sistan and Baluchestan coast from Konarak, and the Gulf of Oman
Notable history
The third district covers the Makran coast and the Gulf of Oman from Konarak, beside the port of Chabahar. It is the district whose water is open ocean rather than a confined gulf, and therefore the one associated with the conventional navy's prestige deployments — the distant cruises that are the Artesh Navy's way of behaving like a navy in the ordinary sense. Iranian media reported United States strikes at Konarak on 1–2 September 2026, carried here as an Iranian report.
Strengths
Direct access to the Indian Ocean without passing any strait, which no Gulf-side base offers.
Limitations
Distance from the Gulf's centre of gravity and from the industrial base at Bandar Abbas. No vessels, dispositions or condition are recorded.

Key events

1 – 2 Sep 2026Affected organisationlow confidence

United States and Iranian exchange of strikes

United States Central Command states it struck Iranian military sites after the IRGC attempted to attack United States troops and commercial shipping in the strait; Iranian media report strikes at Sirik, Konarak, Bandar Abbas, Jask, Asaluyeh, Ahvaz and Qeshm. Iran conducts retaliatory strikes against United States facilities in Jordan, Bahrain and Iraq, and Kuwait reports its air defences engaging drones and missiles.

Sensitivity: Public · structural Confidence: Moderate Sources: Iranian armed-forces institutional reference · IISS Military Balance↗ · Al Jazeera English↗ Methodology Corrections

Assessed as of — 2026-09 Last reviewed — 2026-09-09

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