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Wednesday, May 05, 2010

Iranian Navy to hold drill in Persian Gulf

Kilo class submarineThe Iranian Navy will begin military exercise in the strategic waters of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman on Wednesday, Iranian media reported.

The war game will last for eight days and cover a span of about 250,000 square kilometres of Iranian territorial waters.

“The massive maneuvers, entitled Velayat-89, will display (Iran’s) defensive and deterrent naval power,” and will convey the message of “peace and friendship” to regional countries, Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari was quoted as saying by the Tehran Times.

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