Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, the head of the Iranian Naval Forces, has revealed that he visited Moscow last week where a secret military agreement was also reached between the two countries.
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Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, the head of the Iranian Naval Forces, has revealed that he visited Moscow last week where a secret military agreement was also reached between the two countries. According to the news agency ‘Arna’, Hussein Khanzadi said in a statement that the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Ministry of Defense found a sensitive military agreement, some aspects of which have been kept secret.
Khanzadi addressed a press conference during the ‘Swimming in the deep waters of the global forces’ in the Gulf of Islands in the Gulf the military relations between Tehran and Moscow are getting stronger. He said the agreement reached with the Russian Ministry of Defense aims to improve military cooperation between the two countries and the cooperation between the two countries’ naval forces.
In another context, he said about Russian, Iranian joint military exercises expected in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Oman. The two countries have agreed to hold these exercises later this year. He said Iran has held long talks with Russia in the Pacific for military and defense cooperation. Iran’s naval force is considered to be a small component of the armed forces. It has only 18,000 personnel. The Iranian military leadership threatens to shut down the Strait of Hormuz, but its naval force has no such ability. The Iranian Navy was founded during the reign of the former Iranian king.
After the establishment of a religious government in Iran, the Navy has been provided with three submarines of the Russian-made ‘kilo’ model.
