It's not clear if the shown subs are new or not but let's assume they are.
1) Nahang
Mainly intended for the Caspian? Although still a relatively peaceful (i.e. "Yankee-free") environment, it would not be unwise to build up some stealthy resources there for credible deniability ops (a leverage against littoral states becoming too greedy in their "Caspian Treaty" demands).
2) Qaaem(Kilo)
Apparently not given a lot of priority. Intended to patrol the Arabian Sea (if I wanted to be as infantile as the petro-sheikhs I'd call it the "Persian" Sea) although not only too small to go it alone beyond the western Indian Ocean/Red Sea/eastern Med but also too big (too expensive, too few) to accompany Iranian freighter convoys as a deterrence against interdiction at sea by overzealous countries (cf. "Cyprus explosion").
3) Ghadir
It looks like they want to keep churning them out but aren't there already enough given that they are too small to go beyond the PG?!... unless you pair them to a convoy "mother ship" providing them with fuel or a fresh battery charge (so in theory they hardly ever have to resurface) and fresh crews (frogmen?). Maybe more convoy ships could be fitted with such facilities because, if the mother ship gets sabotaged, you'll also loose the sub unless you're prepared to tow it all across the globe back to its base. IMO it's a pity the Ghadirs seem too small to carry AShM -against ships and littoral military and oil facilities- and AA missiles (against helo boarding parties mainly) besides torpedoes.
Topic: Photos of Khamenei's visit to Bandar Abbas Navy base (07/22/2013) (Read 2470 times)