[2] She is the result of the 2022–2024 conversion of the container ship Perarin, to which was added an angled flightdeck with a ski-jump, in the manner of light aircraft carriers.

[5] She is named after Shahid (martyr) Bahman Bagheri, an IRGC commander who died in Pathak, Iraq, in a clash of the Iran–Iraq war.

[13][14] Representative Jeff Van Drew, a member of the United States Congress' House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, claimed that Iran was operating a drone mother ship off the coast of New Jersey, however, the same day, multiple images of Shadid Bagheri off the coast of Iran was revealed, proving that the carrier was still busy with sea trials.

Sea trials for Shahid Bagheri began on 13 November 2024[15] leaving Iran Shipbuilding & Offshore Industries Complex, just west of the southern port city of Bandar Abbas.

[17] According to limited open-source information, the carrier is capable of deploying various types of small unmanned aerial vehicles and air defense missiles.

In addition to featuring ESM and SIGINT capabilities, Admiral Tangsiri stated at the ceremony that the carrier can also deploy and operate "guided subsurface vessels.