Tehran: A joint military drill between Iran army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) will be expected in the Iran’s south-eastern areas, Press TV quoted a country’s top commander as saying.
“Our objective is to stage drills in different parts of the country to enhance the capabilities of our units and forces,” Commander of Iran’s Ground Forces Brigadier General Ahmad-Reza Pourdastan said on Sunday.
In this way our forces can prepare in the shortest time possible in the time of crises, the Iranian commander said.
This is the first joint military drill between the Army and the IRGC since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979.
In February, the IRGC conducted a military manoeuvre codenamed Val Fajr in Markazi Desert days after the Army’s air forces wrapped up a four-day exercise codenamed Tharallah near the strategic Persian Gulf region.
In another drill codenamed Hamiyan-e Velayat also in February, IRGC forces practiced tactical commando raid and aerial combat, launched air offensive and defensive operations and carried out heliborne as well as anti-heliborne operations.
In January, IRGC Ground Forces held the Shohaday-e Vahdat military drills in the eastern province of Khorasan Razavi.
Iran claimed the manoeuvres were of defensive nature and meant to convey a message of peace and friendship to regional countries.
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