Ayatollah Khamenei praises navy for Persian Gulf drills

Rasa – Ayatollah Khamenei praised the Navy in a message conveyed by Brigadier-General Shirazi to the Public Relations Office of the Navy base in the Persian Gulf.

News ID: 1942

Date: 31 December 2014 - 16:37

Brigadier-General Mohammad Shirazi told rank and file of the Navy involved in war games in the Persian Gulf that the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, acknowledged successful performance of the Navy in applying the latest defensive hardware in the war games.

‘Mohammad Rasoul-Allah’ war games are currently underway in southern Iran.

Meanwhile, Brigadier-General Shirazi met and conferred with senior army commanders present in the six-day manoeuvres.

‘Mohammad Rasoul-Allah’ war games began in the Persian Gulf early on Thursday in a 2.2 million square kilometre area stretching from east of Hormuz Strait to southern parts of the Gulf of Aden.

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