IRIS Gorz () is a serving in the Southern Fleet of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy. Being able to launch Mehrab (a reverse engineered version of RIM-66 Standard), she is considered the smallest warship in the world to operate such a missile. It is reportedly the only ship in her class that is capable of firing surface-to-air missiles, as of 2020.

History During Iran-Iraq War, Gorz was assigned to Bushehr Naval Base.

From 1996 to 1998, she was used for modernization trials.

In the wargame Velayat 90, on 1 January 2012, she fired the Mehrab missile for the first time, marking its first operational test. The ship was modernized in 2015–2021.

See also

List of current ships of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy List of military equipment manufactured in Iran

References