Tasnim � Iran�s new destroyer �Sahand� will be deployed on an ocean mission after coming into service within the next few days, the country�s Navy commander said Tuesday.

Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said the homegrown Sahand destroyer will join the Navy�s fleet on December 1.

After coming into service, Sahand will be prepared in a short time span for an ocean mission, he added.

He also said that the Navy will receive �Qadeer� submarine on Thursday, while another destroyer, dubbed Dena, will become operational within the next six months.

Iran�s first medium class submarine, Fateh, will join the naval fleet in less than a month, the commander added.

Rear Admiral Khanzadi stressed that the foreign sanctions have had no impact on Iran�s naval industry.

In an interview with Tasnim, the top commander had announced earlier that the Sahand destroyer has been equipped with a locally-manufactured point-defense weapon system dubbed �Kamand�.

Iranian military experts and technicians have in recent years made great headways in manufacturing a broad range of indigenous equipment, making the armed forces self-sufficient in the arms sphere.

In recent years, Iran�s naval forces have increased their presence in international waters to secure naval routes and protect merchant vessels and oil tankers against pirates.