Iran deploys new combat flotilla to high seas on "heavy mission"
ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency
Sat / 20 January 2024 / 09:29
Iran's Navy has launched a new combat and training flotilla to the high seas with a multifaceted purpose.
Tehran (ISNA) - The fleet, which included the Bushehr and Tunb battleships, left the southern port city of Bandar Abbas on Friday during a ceremony attended by Rear Admiral Shahram Irani.
During the event, the Navy Commander stated that the flotilla was deployed on a "heavy and multidimensional mission."
He divulged that the Navy troops on board the fleet would be trained in the mission to prepare them to take on delicate tasks in the future, detailing that Iranian forces maintained a presence on the high seas and oceans despite the plans of their enemies.
On January 1, an advanced destroyer belonging to the Iranian Navy fleet entered the Red Sea through the Bab Al-Mandab Strait.
Irani cited the Navy's two important operations in recent months, including the capture of a US oil ship in the Sea of Oman, and stated that the Iranian Armed Forces and Navy remain unwavering in their protection of national interests.
Iran's navy has confiscated an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman waters following "a court order" authorizing the move, state media reported on Thursday.
The Admiral stated that four Iranian combat flotillas were also on international seas at the same time that the new fleet was being deployed.
In recent years, Iran's Navy has become self-sufficient in the production of surface and subsurface boats. It has also strengthened its presence in international waterways to safeguard naval channels and protect commerce ships and tankers.
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