Iranian Navy acts as an ‘anchor’ of regional stability: Cmdr.
Commander of the Iranian Army’s Naval Force, Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, said the Iranian Navy acts as an anchor of stability and security in the region. Irani underscored the importance and status of the Army Navy in the region and beyond while addressing the students at Imam Ali Military University on Monday, IRNA reported. Referring to the continuous and powerful presence of the Iranian Navy in the open waters, he said that the waving of the national flag thousands of kilometers away from the country's maritime borders is a clear message of "peace and friendship" for neighbors, and a "serious warning" to ill-wishers. He stressed that the Navy not only ensures the security of commercial lines, but also solidifies Iran's position as a maritime power in the new geometry of global power equation. The naval commander underlined that today the Navy is much more advanced and more powerful in international waters and at the country's maritime borders than it was during the Iraq-imposed war in the 1980s.
