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2025-03-10 International-UN-NGOs
Iran, Russia and China to hold joint naval exercises this week
Something to watch closely, taking copious notes.
[IsraelTimes] Drills in northern Indian Ocean meant to boost cooperation between the three countries; South Africa, UAE, Qatar and Pakistan among countries to send observers

The navies of Iran, Russia and China will hold military drills off the coast of Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
this week in a bid to boost cooperation, Iranian media reported on Sunday.

The three countries, which share a common desire to counter what they characterize as US hegemony, have held similar exercises in the region in recent years.

The drills "will begin on Tuesday in the port of Chabahar," located in southeast Iran on the Gulf of Oman, the Tasnim news agency said, without specifying their duration.

"Warships and combat and support vessels of the Chinese and Russian naval forces, as well as the warships of Iran’s naval forces of the army and the Revolutionary Guards" are expected to participate, according to Tasnim.

The exercises will take place "in the northern Indian Ocean" and aim to "strengthen security in the region and expand multilateral cooperation between participating countries," Tasnim said.

Azerbaijan, South Africa, Oman, Kazakhstan, Pakistain, Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates and Sri Lanka will attend as observers.

China will deploy "a destroyer and a supply ship," the Chinese Defense Ministry said on the WeChat social media network.

The Iranian army conducted drills in the same area in February to "strengthen defense capabilities against any threat."

China played a key role in rekindling diplomatic ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...
in 2023.

Last week, Rooters reported that Russian missile specialists flew to Tehran around the time that Iran launched ballistic missiles at Israel.

Since its establishment, the Islamic Theocratic Republic has repeatedly stated that it is dedicated to the destruction of Israel.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...>
said on Saturday that Tehran will not be "bullied" into negotiations, a day after US President Donald Trump
...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party...
said he had sent a letter to the country’s top authority to negotiate a nuclear deal.
Posted by trailing wife 2025-03-10 2025-03-10 01:07|| || Front Page|| [11149 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Iran 

#1 
3 against 1 (USA).
I wonder how long before Iran tries to screw China or Russia over. Or China tries to do both.

Posted by NN2N1 2025-03-10 08:33||   2025-03-10 08:33|| Front Page Top

#2 I wonder how many vessels stay afloat and how many will need to be towed back to port.
Posted by Skidmark 2025-03-10 10:36||   2025-03-10 10:36|| Front Page Top

#3 ^^ Can be predicted by the number of Ocean-going tugboats accompanying the flotillas.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2025-03-10 18:41||   2025-03-10 18:41|| Front Page Top

#4 So they are going to test a nuke weapon in Iran and expect protection with this fleet?
Posted by 3dc 2025-03-10 20:24||   2025-03-10 20:24|| Front Page Top

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