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IRGC Navy workshops

IRGC Navy workshops refers to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy production and modification activity for small naval craft, especially fast attack craft and fast inshore attack craft associated with the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz force. Public reporting usually describes the work alongside the Defense Ministry's Marine Industries Organization rather than as a standalone company.

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The IRGC Navy's workshop and production role is best understood as a military-industrial activity inside a state armed force. IRNA reported a 2016 Bandar Abbas delivery of Ashura-class small boats and Zolfaghar-class fast assault boats developed by the Defense Ministry's Marine Industries Organization for the IRGC naval force, while Radio Farda, citing Tasnim, reported a 2020 delivery of improved Ashura, Tareq, and Zolfaghar boats manufactured by Marine Industries Organization and the Revolutionary Guard's Naval Force.

U.S. defense reporting gives the operational reason this production base matters: the IRGC Navy is the primary Iranian operator of hundreds of fast attack craft and fast inshore attack craft, uses small boats for swarming, harassment, mine delivery, and coastal denial, and has continued investing in faster, more capable small high-speed boats. The workshop label therefore covers military fabrication, local modification, integration, and delivery channels for cataloged Iranian small-boat systems rather than a conventional private shipbuilder.

fast attack craftfast inshore attack craftsmall attack boatsmissile and rocket speedboatsnaval modification and integrationmine-capable small craft

Notable Systems

Ashura-class speedboat, Fast patrol boat / fast inshore attack craft, Naval Systems

Ashura-class speedboat

Fast patrol boat / fast inshore attack craft

IRNA reported Ashura-class small boats in a 2016 delivery to the IRGC naval force, and Radio Farda reported improved Ashura-class boats in the 2020 Bandar Abbas delivery; DIA also lists Ashoora among IRGCN inshore patrol craft and notes mine-rail fits on many Ashoora boats.

Sources: Iran IRGC supplied with dozens of speed boats, More Than 100 Gunboats Delivered To Revolutionary Guard's Navy, Iran Military Power
Tareq / Boghammar speedboat, Armed speedboat / fast inshore attack craft, Naval Systems

Tareq / Boghammar speedboat

Armed speedboat / fast inshore attack craft

Radio Farda reported improved Tareq-class boats among the 2020 IRGC Navy delivery, while DIA lists Boghammar craft inside the IRGCN order of battle for inshore patrol craft.

Sources: More Than 100 Gunboats Delivered To Revolutionary Guard's Navy, Iran Military Power
Iranian small attack boats, Small attack boat / fast attack craft, Naval Systems

Iranian small attack boats

Small attack boat / fast attack craft

This broader catalog record represents the mixed IRGC Navy small-boat force: DIA describes the IRGCN as the primary operator of Iran's fast attack craft and fast inshore attack craft, while Iranian delivery reporting names multiple small-boat classes entering the force.

Sources: Iran Military Power, Iran IRGC supplied with dozens of speed boats, More Than 100 Gunboats Delivered To Revolutionary Guard's Navy
Zulfiqar air-defense fast boat, Air-defense fast boat, Naval Systems

Zulfiqar air-defense fast boat

Air-defense fast boat

The specialized air-defense fast-boat record is connected to later IRGC Navy small-craft integration reporting; Mehr and Tasnim reported new speedboats and warships joining the IRGC Navy in January 2024 with missile and sensor fits.

Sources: Tasnim IRGC Navy speedboats report, Mehr IRGC Navy speedboats report

Manufacturer History

  1. IRGC Navy small-craft emphasis takes shape

    DIA describes fast attack craft and fast inshore attack craft as the IRGC Navy's mainstay since its inception in the 1980s, with later growth in fleet size and lethality.

    Sources: Iran Military Power

  2. Ashura and Zolfaghar boats delivered

    IRNA reported that scores of fast boats, including Ashura-class small boats and Zolfaghar-class fast assault boats, were delivered to IRGC naval forces in Bandar Abbas after development by the Defense Ministry Marine Industries Organization.

    Sources: Iran IRGC supplied with dozens of speed boats

  3. More than 100 new gunboats delivered

    Radio Farda reported a Bandar Abbas ceremony in which more than 100 new gunboats were delivered to the Revolutionary Guard's Naval Force, including improved Ashura, Tareq, and Zolfaghar versions manufactured by Marine Industries Organization and the Revolutionary Guard's Naval Force.

    Sources: More Than 100 Gunboats Delivered To Revolutionary Guard's Navy

  4. New warship and speedboats reported

    Tasnim and Mehr reported new IRGC Navy vessels and speedboats entering service, including small craft with missile and radar integrations, showing continued public emphasis on distributed naval systems.

    Sources: Tasnim IRGC Navy speedboats report, Mehr IRGC Navy speedboats report

Website links
Official IRGC news portal2020 IRGC Navy small-boat delivery2016 IRGC speed-boat deliveryDIA Iran Military Power report

Open sources do not identify a single incorporated company named IRGC Navy workshops. The label is used for Revolutionary Guard naval production, modification, and integration activity when sources attribute small-craft manufacture or delivery to the IRGC Navy itself, often alongside the Defense Ministry's Marine Industries Organization. Marine Industries Organization remains a separate manufacturer profile and is not duplicated as an alias here.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Sepah NewsPublisher: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps | Note: Supports the official IRGC news-portal link used as the closest public web presence for this military production label; no standalone IRGC Navy workshop website was identified. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Iran IRGC supplied with dozens of speed boatsPublisher: Islamic Republic News Agency | Note: Supports the 10 March 2016 Bandar Abbas delivery of Ashura-class small boats and Zolfaghar-class fast assault boats developed by the Defense Ministry Marine Industries Organization for the IRGC naval force. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • More Than 100 Gunboats Delivered To Revolutionary Guard's NavyPublisher: Radio Farda | Note: Supports the 2020 Bandar Abbas delivery of improved Ashura, Tareq, and Zolfaghar boats and the report that they were manufactured by Marine Industries Organization and the Revolutionary Guard's Naval Force. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Iran Military PowerPublisher: Defense Intelligence Agency | Note: Supports IRGC Navy fast attack craft and fast inshore attack craft background, the IRGCN order of battle naming Ashoora and Boghammar craft, mine-capable Ashoora context, and the defense-industrial note that Iran produces small high-speed boats primarily for the IRGCN. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Iran's Naval ForcesPublisher: Office of Naval Intelligence | Note: Supports broader IRGC Navy asymmetric doctrine and fast-inshore-attack-craft context used to frame the workshop label's small-craft focus. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Tasnim IRGC Navy speedboats reportPublisher: Tasnim News Agency | Note: Supports January 2024 Iranian reporting on new IRGC Navy warship and speedboat deliveries with missile and radar integrations. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Mehr IRGC Navy speedboats reportPublisher: Mehr News Agency | Note: Supports January 2024 Iranian reporting on new advanced warship and speedboats joining the IRGC Navy. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Fast-attack craft approaching an internationally flagged merchant vessel.jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and public-domain reuse for the IRGC fast-attack-craft image used on the manufacturer profile. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Naval Systems

Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.

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Zulfiqar air-defense fast boat, Air-defense fast boat, Naval SystemsZulfiqar air-defense fast boatAir-defense fast boatBuilt in: IranThe Zulfiqar air-defense fast boat is an Iranian IRGC Navy small craft configured around short-range surface-to-air missiles rather than the usual gun, rocket, torpedo, or anti-ship missile fit seen on many Iranian fast boats. Iranian reporting said the Zolfaghar high-speed boat joined the IRGC Navy in March 2023 with Nawab air-defense missiles, while Covert Shores assessed the displayed craft as a Bladerunner-derived hull with a radome and vertical-launch missile cells for local air cover around small-boat groups.
Tareq / Boghammar speedboat, Armed speedboat / fast inshore attack craft, Naval Systems1980 Iran-Iraq WarTareq / Boghammar speedboatArmed speedboat / fast inshore attack craftBuilt in: Iran / SwedenThe Tareq or Boghammar speedboat family covers Swedish Boghammar high-speed patrol boats and Iranian-built or Iranian-modified descendants used by the IRGC Navy as lightly armed fast inshore attack craft. The type became prominent during the Tanker War phase of the 1980 Iran-Iraq War, when Revolutionary Guard crews used small armed speedboats for harassment and attacks on shipping, and later remained part of Iran's broader small-boat swarm and coastal-denial force.
Ashura-class speedboat, Fast patrol boat / fast inshore attack craft, Naval SystemsAshura-class speedboatFast patrol boat / fast inshore attack craftBuilt in: IranThe Ashura-class speedboat is a small Iranian fast patrol and fast inshore attack craft family associated with the IRGC Navy's asymmetric small-boat force. Public sources describe the original Ashura/Ashoora boat as a compact glass-reinforced-plastic craft with gun, rocket, troop-carrying, and mine-capable configurations, while later Iranian reporting also applies the Ashura-class label to improved missile-capable boats.
Iranian small attack boats, Small attack boat / fast attack craft, Naval Systems2020 United States-Iran ConflictIranian small attack boatsSmall attack boat / fast attack craftBuilt in: IranIranian small attack boats are a mixed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy fast attack craft and fast inshore attack craft force used for swarm harassment, mine laying, anti-ship missile attack, and littoral sea denial around the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz. The family covers domestically produced speedboats and named classes such as Ashura/Ashoora, Tareq, Zolfaghar/Peykaap, Thondor/Houdong, Boghammar-derived craft, and Bladerunner-derived craft rather than a single standardized design.