THE VERSION REGARDING SPECIAL SERVICES OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN FOR INVOLVEMENT IN THE DEATH OF THE SSNG K-141 "KURSK" IN THE CONTEXT OF MARITIME SAFETY, SECURITY AND DEFENCE OF THE WOLD

The geopolitical evolution of Iran in the 21st century was considered. Versions
regarding the death of the "Kursk" APRK are listed. Attention is focused on the controversy of the
Pacific submariners, who in one way or another are involved in the analyzed character: Valery
Ryazantsev - my first chief officer of the SSN K-45 and Maksym Klimov - the commander of the
mine-torpedo combat department of the third generation Pacific nuclear submarines of projects 971
and 949A. Attention was drawn to the aspects and motives of the interested parties regarding the
transfer of cavitating torpedoes, as well as to the cross-species and international composition of the
participants in the military exercises in the waters of the Barents Sea, the management of which
clearly went beyond the powers of the Commander of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy. The
facts on which the author of the version relied were given. Chronological, comparative, problem
methods of historical scientific research and the method of content analysis are applied. Cause-and-
effect relationships of certain events were revealed, which created a logical chain that led not only to
the fact of the death of the SSNG K-141, but also to the subsequent appearance of high-speed
cavitation underwater rocket-torpedoes in the armed forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps naval forces. For this purpose, the military-geographical and military-historical realities of the Persian
Gulf of the last quarter of the 20th and the first quarter of the 21st centuries were considered.
Conclusions were made regarding the possibility and argumentation of the author's version regarding
the motives, direct actions and involvement of Iranian specialists in the SSNG "Kursk" tragedy.