Iran’s armed forces have nearly doubled the number of annual winter exercises this year as the Islamic republic seeks to project strength following a series of regional military blows by Israel and the election of Donald Trump in the US.
The spokesperson for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Brigadier General Ali Mohammad Naeini, announced on Monday that about 30 land, air and maritime drills had commenced across six western and southern provinces and would continue until mid-March.
These exercises — in joint operations between the ideologically motivated guards and the conventional army — were reportedly designed to counter “new threats”, he said, without providing specifics.
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