29 Mar 2024
Tuesday 3 September 2013 - 15:21
Story Code : 47792

Commander: Iran has full control over Caspian Sea

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari underlined the geostrategic importance of the Caspian Sea, and said his forces are in full control over the Sea, monitoring every move in the waters.


"The role of the Caspian Sea in the region is not unknown to anyone given its geostrategic situation and giant oil and gas resources," Sayyari said in a forum in the Northern city of Noshahr on Tuesday.

He also underlined the Caspian Sea's importance for economic cooperation among the regional states, and said strengthening the presence of the Iranian Navy to maintain the status quo is necessary.

"Iran is present in the Sea based on (the littoral states') equal rights and its 20% share of the Sea and the Caspian Sea is under the precise monitoring and control of the Navy," Sayyari stressed.

Iranian military commanders have always reiterated Tehran's commitment to the security of the Caspian Sea, and cautioned that the military presence of the trans-regional states will only undermine the security of the strategic waters.

Iranian officials have also frequently underlined the necessity for the establishment of security in the Caspian Sea through extensive and all-out cooperation among the regional states.

Iran's Army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) hold regular wargames to practice combat tactics and also test new home-made military tools, equipment and weapons in action.

In July, Different combat units of the Iranian Navy held a series of naval exercises dubbed 'Sustainable Security 92' in the Caspian Sea to display Iran's power of safeguarding the country's territorial waters.

Iranian officials and commanders have repeatedly underlined that all military exercises and trainings of the Iranian Armed Forces are merely meant to serve deterrent purposes.

By Fars News Agency

 

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