On this image launched by the official web site of the Iranian Military on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, a missile is fired from a vessel throughout an Iranian Navy drill within the Gulf of Oman and the Indian Ocean.
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Iran launched its first army train for the reason that finish of its 12-day war with Israel, state tv reported on Thursday (August 21, 2025), with navy vessels launching missiles at targets at sea within the Gulf of Oman and the Indian Ocean.
Whereas such drills are routine within the Islamic Republic, the “Sustainable Energy 1404″ train comes as authorities in Iran are attempting to challenge energy within the wake of a battle that noticed Israel destroy air defence techniques and bomb nuclear amenities and different websites.
The state TV report mentioned the frigate IRIS Sabalan and a smaller vessel, the IRIS Ganaveh, launched Nasir and Qadir cruise missiles at targets within the sea, placing them. Coastal batteries additionally opened hearth as a part of the train.
Iran’s navy, estimated to have some 18,000 personnel, apparently prevented any main assault throughout the June battle.
The navy, based mostly out of the port metropolis of Bandar Abbas, patrols the Gulf of Oman, the Indian Ocean and the Caspian Sea, and broadly leaves the Persian Gulf and its slim mouth, the Strait of Hormuz, to Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
The Guard’s naval forces are identified for seizures of Western vessels throughout the breakdown of Iran’s 2015 nuclear cope with world powers, in addition to intently shadowing passing U.S. Navy vessels coming into the area.
For the reason that finish of the battle, Iran has more and more insisted that it is able to counter any future Israeli assault.
Defence Minister Brig. Gen. Aziz Nasirzadeh mentioned that the nation has outfitted its forces with new missiles, in remarks reported Wednesday by the state-run IRNA information company. “In response to any potential enemy adventurism, our forces are ready to make use of these new missiles successfully.”
In the meantime, Iran has suspended its cooperation with the Worldwide Atomic Power Company, which has been monitoring its nuclear websites as Tehran enriched uranium to close weapons-grade ranges amid the tensions.
France, Germany and the UK, the European events to Iran’s nuclear deal, have warned that if Tehran would not attain a “passable resolution” to its dispute with the IAEA by Aug. 31, they may set off a “snapback” reimposition of all United Nations sanctions on it beforehand lifted by the accord.
Whereas already stung by American sanctions since 2018, analysts warn that renewed U.N. sanctions might additional weaken the nation’s ailing economic system.
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