Iran, Russia and China will be holding joint naval exercises on Tuesday near Iran's southeastern port port, according to Iran's national media.
The drills include “warships and combat and support ships of the Chinese and Russian navals, as well as warships of the Iranian army and revolutionary security forces.”
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) is the theocratically controlled wing of the Iranian army. It has been designated as a terrorist organization by the US government.
Tasnim I said The exercise begins near Chabahar under observation by invited guests from Azerbaijan, South Africa, Oman, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Qatar, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka and others before moving to the “North Indian Ocean.”
Tehran said it was called the joint effort “Security Belt-2025” and aimed to enhance the safety of the region. Iranian media reports did not say when the exercise would end.
The most immediate confirmation of the joint drill came from China. It says it will send “destroyers and supply vessels” to join through the Ministry of Defense's social media account. Russian Ministry of Defense I said Two Corvettes, tankers and 12 other support vessels, gunboats and helicopters were dispatched to participate in the training operations.
That's what Iranian, Chinese and Russian ships did. I saw it They said they will contribute to the large numbers of them in the Gulf of Oman on Monday, including Chinese and Russian ships. Chinese Guided Missile Destroyer baotou And the accompanying supply vessel was obvious It's separated From the task force that has been patrolling in the Gulf of Aden since December.
President Donald Trump I said On Monday, he was “too bad” worried about the joint military exercises between Iran, China and Russia. “Because we are stronger than all of them.”
“We have more power than all of them. We rebuilt the army. Unfortunately, Biden did nothing with it, but I rebuilt the army,” the president told reporters on board Air Force 1.
