Iran has begun annual military exercises along the Gulf of Oman.
A few weeks before the resumption of talks on a nuclear deal, Iran announced the start of annual military exercises on Sunday, according to Reuters.
Admiral Mahmoud Mousavi, a spokesman for Iran's Armed Forces Joint Exercise Zulfiqar 1400, told Iranian state TV that the launch of military exercises on the Iranian coast in the Gulf of Oman was aimed at demonstrating Iran's military might and readiness to confront the enemy immediately. Is.
According to state TV, the exercises have spread from the eastern part of the Strait of Hormuz to the northern parts of the Indian Ocean and parts of the Red Sea.
One-fifth of global oil consumption passes through the Strait of Hormuz, between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
