IRIS Joshan (2006)
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Iranian Caspian naval exercise 2022 (20).jpg | Ship caption = }} {{Infobox ship career | Ship country = Iran | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Iran|naval}} | Ship name = Joshan | Ship namesake = | Ship owner = | Ship operator = | Ship registry = | Ship route = | Ship ordered = | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = Iran | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = | Ship sponsor = | Ship christened = | Ship completed = | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = | Ship recommissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = 22 September 2006 | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship reclassified = | Ship refit = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship homeport = | Ship identification = *Hull symbol: P225
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Joshan ({{langx|fa|جوشن}}) is a {{sclass|Sina|fast attack craft|3}}.{{cite news | title =Iran-Made PT Boat Launches Mission | date =2006-09-20 | url =http://www.farsnews.com/English/newstext.php?nn=8506290496 | work =FARS News Agency | access-date =2007-01-28 | archive-date =2019-06-27 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20190627093312/https://www.farsnews.com/English/newstext.php?nn=8506290496 | url-status =dead }} It was named for a vessel that was sunk by missiles fired from the US warships {{USS|Wainwright|CG-28|6}} and {{USS|Simpson|FFG-56|6}} during Operation Praying Mantis in the Persian Gulf on 18 April 1988.
Joshan{{'}}s launch was timed to coincide with Sacred Defense Week (22–28 September) and took place at Noshahr's Imam Khomeini Marine Sciences University.{{cite news|title=Leader: Nation Has Bright Future |date=2006-09-21 |url=http://www.iran-daily.com/1385/2666/html/ |work=Iran Daily |access-date=2007-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070121195141/http://www.iran-daily.com/1385/2666/html/ |archive-date=2007-01-21 |url-status=dead }}
The vessel has a claimed speed of over {{convert|45|kn}},{{cite news | title=Iran's up-to-date PT boat joins navy | date=2006-09-21 | url =http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200609/21/eng20060921_304748.html | work =People's Daily Online | access-date = 2007-01-29 }} and according to Iran's Navy commander Admiral Kouchaki:
...enjoys the world's latest technology, specially with regard to its military, electrical and electronic systems, frame and chassis, and it has the capabilities required for launching powerful missiles.{{cite news|title=Iran-Made PT Boat Launches Mission |date=2006-09-20 |url=http://www.farsnews.com/English/newstext.php?nn=8506290496 |work=FARS News Agency |access-date=2007-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070522154728/http://www.farsnews.com/English/newstext.php?nn=8506290496 |archive-date=2007-05-22 |url-status=dead }}
See also
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