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Iran holds military drill in southwest

Khuzestan province has a presence of Arab separatist groups and is strategically located near Iraq and the Persian Gulf.

Al-Monitor Staff
Al-Monitor Staff
Feb 11, 2021
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A handout picture provided by the Iranian Army official website on September 10, 2020, shows an Iranian on the beach after exiting from a navy warship during a military exercise in the Gulf, near the strategic strait of Hormuz in southern Iran. - The Iranian navy began a three-day exercise in the Sea of Oman near the strategic Strait of Hormuz today, deploying an array of warships, drones and missiles. One of the exercise's objectives is to devise "tactical offensive and defensive strategies for safeguarding the country's territorial waters and shipping lanes," the military said on its website. ( — Iranian Army office/AFP via Getty Images

The Iranian military held a military drill near the Iraqi border on Thursday.

The elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) conducted the war games exercise in the southwest Khuzestan province, which is located atop the Persian Gulf. Ground forces, tank divisions, drone units and paratroopers participated in the drill, the semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported.

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