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Iran’s Armed Forces kick off two-month drills across country
Brigadier General Ali Shadmani said on Sunday that for two months, Iran’s sky, lands, and seas will host the Armed Forces’ Eghtedar (Authority) Exercises.
The drills are part of the ongoing exercises of the Armed Forces and are carried out annually, but this year, some of the drills were postponed in order to maintain and enhance the readiness of the Armed Forces.
Shadmani said on the ground, elite units of the Army’s Ground Forces in the west and east of the country, special units of the ground forces of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in the west, southwest, and south of the country, and tens of thousands of voluntary forces will do counterterrorism practices.
He added that in the sky, the Army’s Air Force and Air Defense Force, along with the IRGC Aerospace Force, will practice air defense of important centers in the country using modern equipment and at the sea, the Army’s Navy will hold exercises in the northern Indian Ocean and the Sea of Oman, with the IRGC Navy focusing on the three Persian Gulf islands of Abu Musa, the Greater and Lesser Tunbs as well as the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
His announcement came as the IRGC’s Ground Force has begun a military exercise —codenamed Payambar-e-A’azam (Great Prophet) 19 — in the western province of Kermanshah since Saturday.
The IRGC has said the focus of the military drill is on rapid reaction operations. The second day of the drill centered on the transfer of forces and equipment.
The Payambar-e-A’azam 19 exercise, which will continue until January 10, is being held in order to maintain the readiness of the forces and to use the latest equipment and tools.
Iranian military forces hold routine exercises according to a detailed schedule in various parts of the country in order to test their weaponry and equipment and evaluate their combat readiness.