Iran holds security drills at northwestern border
ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency
Sun / 24 September 2017 / 16:05
Tehran (ISNA) – The ground forces of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have started the military drills in the north-west of the country on Sunday.
"The message of the security drills is peace and stability for friends," the spokesman for the military drills, codenamed Moharram, General Habib Shahsavari said.
The security drills started out on Sunday, with Brigadier General Hossein Salami, the IRGC's second-in-command, and Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour, who commands the Corps' ground forces in attendance.
The exercises are part of annual events held in Iran to mark the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's invasion of Iran in 1980 which led to an eight-year war.
The war games, centered in the Oshnavieh border region, will include artillery, armored and airborne units, state broadcaster IRIB reported.
The main part, which has already gone underway, involves practicing of defensive preparedness by infantry, armored, electronic warfare, and rocket units, as well as the ground force squadrons of the IRGC.
The Hamzeh Seyyed al-Shohadah Base of the IRGC ground forces plays the central part in the maneuvers.
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