Iran has started mass training in the Gulf for the basidzh militia with 50,000 people involved, mainly from the Bushehr Province, ITAR-TASS reports.
The main goal is the protection of coastal, naval and air frontiers. Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi will monitor the drills.
3 Gadir-class submarines were launched. It took 10 years for their construction. The Iranian navy has 26 submarines, including 3 sold by Russia in the 1990s.
Israel has been actively discussing a military operation against Iranian nuclear facilities. General Amir Ali Hajizade, Commander of the Air-Space Forces of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, has recently announced that anyone attacking Iran would "end up in the wasteland of history."
