''Alborz'' ( fa, البرز) is an of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy. The ship was originally called ''Zaal'', named after Zaal, a mythical warrior of ancient

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

(son of

Sām Sām ( fa, سام), also (sam) transliterated Saam, is a mythical hero of ancient Persia, and an important character in the Shahnameh epic. He was the son of Nariman, grandson of Garshasp and father to Zāl. He was Iran's champion during the rul ...

and father of

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) and an important character in the

Shahnameh The ''Shahnameh'' or ''Shahnama'' ( fa, شاهنامه, Šāhnāme, lit=The Book of Kings, ) is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50 ...

. After the Islamic Revolution it was renamed ''Alborz'', after the Alborz mountain range.

History

She completed her refit on 15 May 1977 at

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. On 1 June 1987 ''Alborz'' stopped a large bulk carrier ''Vevey'' and searched it for possible war material for

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. Although this was within the Iranian captain's right to do so under international law, this became known as the first search-and-seizure of the

Iran–Iraq War The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between Iran and Ba'athist Iraq, Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. It began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for almost eight years, until the acceptance of United Nations S ...

. In January 2010 the ship was sent to the Gulf of Aden, to help protect ships from

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. In April 2015, ''Alborz'' was deployed along with the supply vessel ''Bushehr'' to

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. Judging by recent photographs, it underwent another modernization during which the Iranian six-barrel Kamand anti-aircraft artillery system was installed on it with an opto-electronic system for detecting and tracking targets.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Alborz Alvand-class frigates Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness 1969 ships Frigates of Iran Iran–Iraq War naval ships of Iran Frigates of the Cold War

History

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