Russia, Iran Kick Off Joint Naval Exercise In Caspian Sea

Iran and Russia have expanded their military cooperation in recent years

The Iranian and Russian navies began joint maritime security exercises in Iran’s territorial waters in the Caspian Sea on 22 July, TASS news agency reported.

“The maneuvers will involve both naval ships and naval aircraft, including the guided-missile destroyers Darafsh, Separ, and Paykan, two AB-212 helicopters, the ship Shahid Basir from the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps [IRGC, Iran’s elite armed forces],” the Iranian spokesman for the drills, Captain 1st Rank Abbas Hassani, stated.

“The Russian ship SB-45 has recently entered Iran’s territorial waters and will take part [in the drills],” Tasnim News Agency quoted the spokesman as saying.

Representatives of the navies of states bordering the Caspian Sea are present at the naval drills as observers, the spokesman said.

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