Islam Times - Iran to Stage Powerful Military Drills in Coming Days

Islam Times - The commander of the Islamic Republic’s Khatam Al-Anbiya Central Headquarters Major General Gholam-Ali Rashid announced that the country's armed forces will stage “powerful” complex and inclusive military drills enlisting the Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards [IRG].

He made the announcement on Wednesday, attending a meeting of military top brass from the Iranian Armed Forces.

“The Islamic Republic’s Armed Forces will perform a set of powerful defensive and offensive maneuvers over the pending days and weeks,” he said.

According to Rashid, the Army and the IRG consistently take part in the joint drills, especially throughout the second half of the Persian calendar year, across the country’s various terrains, its airspace, and waters.

The drills, the commander noted, deploy defensive and offensive military hardware, and would take place “towards confronting the enemies of the Iranian nation.”

Every year, approximately 30 extensive military maneuvers go underway, which are directed and navigated by the Headquarters that ensures their optimal implementation, the official stated.

“Since implementation of the maneuvers translate into testing the Armed Forces in the face of threats, and they go underway with the aim of ensuring the country’s defensive and offensive preparedness to crush the enemy, the drills are devised rigorously and resourcefully and performed in a serious manner as a means of taking the enemy off guard.”

The IRG’s chief commander underlined that the dimensions of Iran’s strength exceed its borders, advising the country’s enemies to set up their arrangements accordingly.

Rashid said the “Israeli” entity had suffered from illusion and committed a miscalculation concerning the Islamic Republic, noting that the country’s powerful offensive operations against the regime, especially its Operation True Promise II, “simply displayed no more than a small fraction of the Armed Forces’ offensive capability.”

“The ballistic missiles that were fired [during the operation] struck military sites and pre-determined targets, proving to our commanders and the entire world that the occupied Palestinian territories’ skies are, contrary to the regime’s media propaganda, open and defenseless in the face of our attacks.”

The commander underlined that based on the Islamic Republic’s defensive doctrine, the country never acts as the initiator of any war in the region.

"Therefore, the upcoming powerful drills are to take place in line with ensuring the country’s defensive and offensive readiness to confront whatever sort of threat," Rashid asserted.