Iran's official news agency says the country's military will hold massive air defense maneuvers in the east, starting this weekend.
Head of Iran’s air defense headquarters, General Farzad Es-maili, says the drill will include Iranian jet fighters, drones, air defense systems and about 8,000 troops.
Es-maili was quoted by the official IRNA news agency as saying that the area of the war games would cover nearly the entire eastern half of the country. The exercise is to start on Saturday and last seven days.
The maneuvers come amid escalating tensions between Iran and the West over Tehran’s suspected nuclear program, which the West fears is a cover for a pursuit of nuclear weapons. Iran denies the charge, saying the program is for peaceful purposes only.
中国公共新闻摘编:GAN JADE |