
The officials told WND that Moscow is considering the proposal but that there was no immediate decision from Russia.
The officials said the proposal was likely a response to Iranian reports of US vessels in the Persian Gulf.
The WND report said there have been reports that the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman has deliberately spent time outside the Persian Gulf as a gesture to Iran while the West attempts to implement its interim nuclear agreement with Tehran.
However, the Iranians believe the US made a decision to send warships toward the Emirates and Bahrain.
Last week, senior naval commander Adm. Afshin Rezayee Haddad said that his country sent a destroyer and helicopter-carrying supply ship to the Atlantic. He said the ships will sail close to the US maritime borders.
While Russia may not have responded to the Iranian offer of a joint naval exercise, Tehran�s ambassador to Moscow, Mehdi Sanayee, told reporters yesterday the two countries are looking for ways to expand ties.
�Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have agreed on the expansion of ties between Tehran and Moscow,� Sanayee said.
Sanayee was speaking one day after Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Russia�s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov talked by phone about regional issues.
By Fars News Agency
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