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{{About|contemporary frigates|Iranian frigates during [[Age of Sail]]|Afsharid navy#Equipment}}

This is a '''list of [[frigates]] of [[Iran]]''', which have served in the [[Imperial Iranian Navy]] and the [[Islamic Republic of Iran Navy]].

== Commissioned ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|- 
! rowspan=2|Ship
! rowspan=2|[[Hull number]]
! rowspan=2|Class
! rowspan=2|Picture
! colspan=3|Service
! rowspan=2|Origin
|-
! Laid down 
! Launched
! Commissioned
|-
|style="text-align:left|{{Ship|IRIS|Alvand|71|6}}<br>(ex-IIS ''Saam'')<ref name="J384">{{harvnb|Jane's Fighting Ships|2015–2016|page=384}}</ref>
|71<ref name="J384"/><br>(ex-DE 12)<ref name="C184"/>
|rowspan=3|{{sclass|Alvand|frigate|4}}
|[[File:IS Alvand (F-71) 1977.jpg|150px]]  
|22 May 1967<ref name="C184"/>
|25 July 1968<ref name="C184"/>
|20 May 1971<ref name="C184"/>
|United Kingdom<ref name="J384"/>
|-
|style="text-align:left|{{Ship|IRIS|Alborz|72|6}}<br>(ex-IIS ''Zaal'')<ref name="J384"/>
|72<ref name="J384"/><br>(ex-DE 14)<ref name="C184"/>
|[[File:Velayat 94 Military exercise 13 by Mbazri.jpg|150px]]
|3 March 1968<ref name="C184"/>
|4 March 1969<ref name="C184"/>
|1 March 1971<ref name="C184"/>
|United Kingdom<ref name="J384"/>
|-
|style="text-align:left|{{Ship|IRIS|Sabalan|73|6}}<br>(ex-IIS ''Rostam'')<ref name="J384"/>
|73<ref name="J384"/><br>(ex-DE 16)<ref name="C184"/>
|[[File:IS Sabalan (F-73) 1977.jpg|150px]]  
|10 December 1967<ref name="C184"/>
|4 March 1969<ref name="C184"/>
|26 June 1972<ref name="C184"/>
|United Kingdom<ref name="J384"/>
|-
|style="text-align:left|{{Ship|IRIS|Jamaran|76|6}}
|76<ref name="J385">{{harvnb|Jane's Fighting Ships|2015–2016|page=385}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" |{{sclass|Moudge|frigate|4}}
|[[File:Iranian Velayat-90 Naval Exercise by IRIN (6).jpg|150px]]
|2004<ref name="J385"/>
|28 November 2007<ref name="J385"/>
|19 February 2010<ref name="J385"/>
|Iran<ref name="J385"/>
|-
|style="text-align:left|{{Ship|IRIS|Sahand|2012|6}}
|74<ref name="J385"/>
|[[File:الحاق‌ پیشرفته ترین ناوشکن بومی غرب آسیا به نیروی دریایی ارتش (30).jpg|150px]]  
|2010<ref name="J385"/>
|18 September 2012
| 1 December 2018
|Iran<ref name="J385"/>
|-
|[[IRIS Dena|IRIS ''Dena'']]<ref name="Mehr">{{citation |title=Iranian navy building 3 new destroyers: Sayyari |date=27 September 2019 |url=https://en.mehrnews.com/news/150535/Iranian-navy-building-3-new-destroyers-Sayyari |work=Mehr News Agency |access-date=15 July 2020 |id=150535}}</ref>
|75
|[[File:Dena frigate commissioned into service (18).jpg|160x160px]]
|2012<ref name="J385" />
|2015<ref name="J385" />
|2021
|Iran<ref>{{Cite web |last=H I Sutton |date=January 2021 |title=Iranian-Navy-Mowj-Class |url=http://www.hisutton.com/Iranian-Navy-Mowj-Class.html |access-date=2023-08-06 |website=www.hisutton.com}}</ref>
|}

== Decommissioned ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;
|- 
! rowspan=2|Ship
! rowspan=2|[[Hull number]]
! rowspan=2|Class
! rowspan=2|Picture
! colspan=4|Service
! rowspan=2|Origin
|-
! Laid down 
! Launched
! Commissioned
! Fate
|-
|style="text-align:left|{{Ship|IRIS|Damavand|77|6}}
|77<ref name="J385"/>
|{{sclass|Moudge|frigate|4}}
|[[File:Damavand shipo.jpg|150px]]  
|2009<ref name="J385"/>
|13 March 2013<ref name="J385"/>
|9 March 2015<ref name="J385"/>
|Out of service since 10 January 2018
|Iran<ref name="J385"/>
|-
|style="text-align:left|{{Ship|IRIS|Sahand|1969|6}}<br>(ex-IIS ''Faramarz'')<ref name="J384"/>
|74<ref name="J384"/><br>{{nowrap|(ex-DE 18)}}<ref name="C184"/>
|{{sclass|Alvand|frigate|4}}
|[[File:IS Sahand (F-74) 1977.jpg|150px]]  
|25 July 1968<ref name="C184"/>
|30 July 1969<ref name="C184"/>
|28 February 1972<ref name="C184"/>
|Sunk by [[U.S. Navy]], 19 April 1988<ref name="C184"/>
|United Kingdom<ref name="J384"/>
|-
|style="text-align:left|{{Ship|IIS|Babr|1944|6}}<br>(ex-HMS ''Derby Haven'')<ref name="C184"/>
|''None''<ref name="C184"/>
|{{sclass2|Loch|frigate|4}}
|[[File:HMS Loch Scavaig FL6051.jpg|150px]]
|11 February 1944<ref name="C184"/>
|14 December 1944<ref name="C184"/>
|July 1949<ref name="C184"/>
|Decommissioned on 30 October 1969, stricken in 1972<ref name="C184">{{harvnb|Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships|1947–1995|page=184}}</ref>
|United Kingdom<ref name="C184"/>
|-
|style="text-align:left|{{Ship|IIS|Palang|1949|6}}<br>(ex-HMS ''Fly'')<ref name="C188"/>
|''None''<ref name="C188"/>
|{{sclass|Algerine|minesweeper|4}}
|[[File:HMS Fly FL13162.jpg|150px]]
|6 October 1941<ref name="J275"/>
|1 June 1942<ref name="J275">{{harvnb|Jane's Fighting Ships|1953–1954|page=275}}</ref>
|1949<ref name="C188"/>
|Decommissioned in December 1966, stricken in 1972<ref name="C188"/>
|United Kingdom<ref name="C188">{{harvnb|Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships|1947–1995|page=188}}</ref>
|}

== Future ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;
|- 
! rowspan=2|Ship
! rowspan=2|Class
! rowspan=2|Picture
! colspan=2|Service
! rowspan=2|Origin
|-
! Laid down 
! Launched
|-
| style="text-align:left" |IRIS ''Taftan''<ref name="Mehr" />
| rowspan="2" |{{sclass|Moudge|frigate|4}}<ref name="J385"/>
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Jamaranclass.jpg|150px]]
|2013<ref name="J385" />
|2016<ref name="J385" />
| rowspan="2" |Iran<ref name="J385"/>
|-
|style="text-align:left|IRIS ''Shiraz''<ref name="Mehr"/>
|2014<ref name="J385"/>
|2017<ref name="J385"/>
|}

== References ==
{{Portal|Iran}}

===Footnotes===
{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
* {{citation|editor1-last=Blackman|editor1-first=Raymond|chapter=Persia|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 1953–1954|publisher=Sampson Low, Martson & Co|location=London|date=1953|series=[[Jane's Fighting Ships]]|isbn=9780710631435|oclc=919022075|ref={{harvid|Jane's Fighting Ships|1953–1954}}}}
* {{citation|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995|chapter=Iran|editor-first1=Robert|editor-last1=Gardiner|editor-first2=Stephen|editor-last2=Chumbley|editor-first3=Przemysaw|editor-last3=Budzbon|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|year=1996|isbn=978-1557501325|pages=183–188|ref={{harvid|Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships|1947–1995}}}}
* {{citation|editor1-last= Saunders|editor1-first=Stephen|editor2-last=Philpott|editor2-first=Tom|chapter=Iran|title=IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015–2016|publisher =IHS Jane's|location=Coulsdon|date=2015|edition=116th Revised|series=[[Jane's Fighting Ships]]|pages=382–395|isbn=9780710631435|oclc=919022075|ref={{harvid|Jane's Fighting Ships|2015–2016}}}}

{{Frigates of Iran}}

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