The four-day
drills will be participated by the various units of the
Army Ground Force deployed in the region.The wargames
codenamed "Ghadir" are carried out on a field
40 sq km in area. During the various stages of the exercises,
the Army forces will use various types of rockets, mortars
and heavy artillery to combat the hypothetical enemy troops.
The spokesman
of the wargames said that the army would use full equipment
and advanced weapons with high destructive power in the
maneuvers. Displaying the might, power and capabilities
of the Army units and promoting the training and preparedness
level of the forces are among the major goals of the drills,
Hossein Mohammadi added.
"Today,
the Islamic Republic Army is at the highest level of readiness
for defending the Islamic establishment," he concluded.
Iran's
Armed Forces stage military maneuvers on a regular basis.
Last Tuesday the country's Armed Forces started massive
air defense exercises throughout the country to boost
capabilities of the Armed Forces in defending Iran's airspace.
The military exercises named 'Defenders of the Sky of
Vellayat III' covered the entire airspace of the country
and ended on Sunday.
