Iran to unveil domestically designed minesweeper

The Iranian Navy is building a new domestically designed minesweeper and equipping one of its destroyers with advanced systems, the commander of the Navy announced on Thursday.

Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said that the minesweeper would be able to quickly clear enemy mines which would possibly be laid in the entrances of the country’s ports.

Elsewhere in his remarks, the admiral said that the Navy planned to stage a major naval exercise, entitled Velayat-92, in the current Iranian calendar year, which stated on March 21.

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