MNA– Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami announced on Wednesday that a new Paykan-class warship will join the army’s navy in the Caspian Sea next week.

After attending a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the Defense Ministry told reporters that the warship will start work in the middle of next week.

Earlier, the Army’s Navy Admiral Khanzadi had already revealed that rocket carrier Separ joined the naval force in Bandar-e Anzali.