Iran Starts Six-Day Hormuz Strait War Games

Navy Chief Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari orders the commencement of the exercises. Payvand

Iran Starts Six-Day Hormuz Strait Drill to Show ‘Readiness’ -- Bloomberg Businessweek

Iran’s naval forces started a six- day military exercise around the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for 20 percent of the world’s traded oil, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

The drill, which covers a large area extending to the Sea of Oman and the north of the Indian Ocean, is aimed at “displaying the readiness of armed and naval forces to defend Iran’s waterway and national interests,” Iranian Navy Commander Habibollah Sayari said today according to IRNA. The exercise will involve testing defensive and missile systems, combat vessels and submarines, Sayari said on Dec. 25.

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Iran To Launch Massive War Games In The Persian Gulf

Iranian helicopters and war-boats during "Velayat-90" navy exercises in the Strait of Hormuz (file photo)

Iran to Start Six-Day War Game in Strait of Hormuz on Dec. 28 -- Bloomberg Businessweek

Iran’s naval forces will conduct a military exercise this week in the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for 20 percent of the world’s traded oil, Iranian Navy Commander Habibollah Sayari said.

The six-day exercise, which will starts on Dec. 28, will also be held in the Sea of Oman and in the north of the Indian Ocean, Sayari said today, according to the state-run Fars news agency. The drill will involve testing defensive and missile systems, combat vessels and submarines, and is aimed at “identifying and combating threats,” he was cited as saying without elaborating.

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Report: Iran plans naval maneuvers near strategic Strait of Hormuz -- Washington Post/AP
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Iran launches naval drills in Persian Gulf's gas fields -- Xinhuanet
Iran says it will test new subs, drones in upcoming war games -- Times of Israel
Iranian fleet is training to block the Hormuz strait -- Voice of Russia
Iran Navy plans weeklong massive war games in southern waters -- Press TV (Iran)
Navy to Stage Large-Scale Drills in Iran's Southern Waters on Friday -- FARS News Agency (Iran)
Iranian Navy to stage war games -- Tehran Times (Iran)

Iran Deploys Russian Sub In The Persian Gulf

Super-heavy Tareq 901 submarine (file photo)

Iran Launches Sub As US, Allies Hold Massive Naval Drills In Persian Gulf -- NBC

DUBAI -- Iran launched a submarine and a destroyer into the Persian Gulf from Bandar Abbas port on Tuesday at the same time as U.S. and allied forces held massive naval exercises in the same waters to practice keeping oil shipping lanes open.

Tehran has repeatedly threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, a route for oil exports from the gulf, if Iranian nuclear sites are attacked by Israel, which believes Tehran is trying to develop an atomic bomb.

The United States, Britain, France and a number of Middle Eastern states are conducting a naval exercise in the gulf this week, focusing on how to clear mines that Tehran or guerilla groups might deploy to disrupt tanker traffic.

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Iran upgrades Russia-made heavy submarine, launches new destroyer -- Haaretz
Iran launches submarine as US navy drills in Gulf -- Jerusalem Post/Reuters
Iran Launched A Submarine Right Into The Middle Of The International Naval Exercises -- Business Insider
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