On Friday, Russia, Iran, and China kicked off their first-ever joint naval exercise in the northern Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Oman, in what Iranian Navy spokesman Gholamreza Tahani touted as a message of “peace, friendship, and stable security”.
Speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing Iran-Russia-China naval drills on Sunday, Iranian Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi pointed out that “the era of inroads by the Americans in the region has ended and they have to gradually leave the region”.
He also said that the exercises reflect the development of trilateral relations “at the highest level”.
“When military forces stage a drill, it means measures in political, economic, and other aspects have been carried out quite well and today we are witnessing this important and big exercise which aims to boost security in the region”, Khanzadi added.
He warned that those who want “to impose undesirable security arrangements, such as the Americans and their sidekicks, will receive a highly significant message from this drill”.
The remarks come after Iranian Navy spokesman Gholamreza Tahani said last week that the exercises, codenamed Naval Security Belt, would cover an area of 17,000 kilometres [10,562 miles], stretching from the port of Chabahar to the northern part of the Indian Ocean.
“This exercise's message is peace, friendship, and stable security”, Tahani said, adding that “for the first time since the victory of the Islamic Revolution [of 1979]…
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