Tehran: Iran’s paramilitary force revolutionary guard A major military exercise was conducted in the south of the country on Monday amid rising tensions on Tehran. nuclear program, State TV reported.
The report said the Guard’s aerospace division, ground troops and naval forces joined the five-day drill, as maritime forces prepared to conduct maneuvers in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the narrow gateway to 20% of the world’s trading oil. Is.
The exercise has broken out in Vienna, days after talks to revive Tehran’s broken nuclear deal with world powers. Iran has accelerated its nuclear development as the struggle to move forward in talks to return to the deal worries Israel and other regional rivals. Israel has repeatedly threatened unilateral action against Iran’s nuclear program.
Mango Gholmali Rasheed, a top Guard commander vowed a strong response to any Israeli military action against Iran.
The semi-official Mehr news agency quoted him as saying, the Iranian military would launch “a crushing attack on all bases, centres, routes and locations to carry out the offensive without delay”.
“Any threat to Iran’s nuclear and military bases by the Zionist regime would not have been possible without the backing of the United States green light,” he said.
Earlier on Monday, residents of Bushehr, about 700 kilometers (440 miles) south of Iran’s capital Tehran, reported seeing a light in the sky and hearing a loud explosion nearby. bushehr nuclear power plants.
It was the second time this month that a sudden midnight anti-aircraft firing near an Iranian nuclear facility was described by Iranian forces as an exercise for themselves hours later. surface to air missile defense system.
The report said the Guard’s aerospace division, ground troops and naval forces joined the five-day drill, as maritime forces prepared to conduct maneuvers in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the narrow gateway to 20% of the world’s trading oil. Is.
The exercise has broken out in Vienna, days after talks to revive Tehran’s broken nuclear deal with world powers. Iran has accelerated its nuclear development as the struggle to move forward in talks to return to the deal worries Israel and other regional rivals. Israel has repeatedly threatened unilateral action against Iran’s nuclear program.
Mango Gholmali Rasheed, a top Guard commander vowed a strong response to any Israeli military action against Iran.
The semi-official Mehr news agency quoted him as saying, the Iranian military would launch “a crushing attack on all bases, centres, routes and locations to carry out the offensive without delay”.
“Any threat to Iran’s nuclear and military bases by the Zionist regime would not have been possible without the backing of the United States green light,” he said.
Earlier on Monday, residents of Bushehr, about 700 kilometers (440 miles) south of Iran’s capital Tehran, reported seeing a light in the sky and hearing a loud explosion nearby. bushehr nuclear power plants.
It was the second time this month that a sudden midnight anti-aircraft firing near an Iranian nuclear facility was described by Iranian forces as an exercise for themselves hours later. surface to air missile defense system.
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