A senior Iranian Army commander says the force has successfully carried out more than 160 specialized exercises during the Army’s recent Zolfaqar 1403 joint military maneuvers in the country’s south.

According to The Iran Project, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, deputy chief of the Iranian Army for Coordination, said on Monday that the Armed Forces made great efforts to obtain the drills’ major objectives.

The Iranian Army held the Zolfaqar 1403 large-scale military exercise late in February in an area along the strategic Makran coastline in the southern part of the country, the Sea of Oman, and the northern tip of the Indian Ocean, extending up to the 10-degree latitude.

Various infantry, armored and mechanized units, air defense systems, unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), unmanned surface vessels (USVs) as well as air force strategic bombers for logistical support participated in the drills.