Two Russian warships have docked in northern Iran for a series of naval training exercises with the Islamic Republic, according to Persian-language reports translated by the CIA’s Open Source Center.
The two Russian ships docked in Iran’s Anzali port on Sunday and will hold “joint naval exercises during the three-day stay of the warships in Iran,” according to Fars News Agency.
“The warships, Volgodonsk and Makhachkala docked in Anzali Port, in the fourth naval zone, on the afternoon of 9 August,” the report says.
The war exercises come just weeks after Iran and global powers inked a nuclear accord that will provide Iran with billions of dollars in sanctions relief in return for slight restrictions on the country’s nuclear program.
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| Russian Navy ships Admiral Panteleyev and Marshal Shaposhnikov leave Vladivostok harbour in the Russian Far East, to head to the Indian Ocean. Photo: AP, file |