IRGC Starts Military Drills in Southeast Iran
Local Editor
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps [IRGC] Ground Force started a massive military drill in Iran's southeastern provinces of Sistan and Balouchestan on Tuesday morning, with local forces taking part in the exercises.
Codenamed Payambar-e Azam [The Great Prophet], the war game will last for three days in the provincial regions of Saravan, Mirjaveh and Zahedan, in which Commander of the IRGC Ground Force Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour as well as a number of military officials took part.
According to General Pakpour, the purpose of the drill is maintaining preparedness for battle, displaying the power of forces and ensuring security in the region with reliance on the local residents.
The first day of the drill involves predicted scenarios and military serials, Pakpour said, adding a large number of Basij (volunteer) forces and units of the drill would hold a large rally in Zahedan Province, southeastern Iran on the third day of the drill.
Meanwhile, the drills are planned to also include the newly-founded Ground Force Airborne Unit, the commander noted, adding that no new weapon is going to be tested in the drill.
Lying in a deserted region, the province of Sistan and Balouchestan are located on the borders with Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Since a couple of years ago, the IRGC employed a strategy to get advantage of the local forces to ensure regional security in the face of narcotics trafficking or the entry of terrorists and outlaws.
\Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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