China, Russia and Iran conducted training near the Gulf of Oman to demonstrate power - media

More than 20 ships from three countries are "aimed at strengthening maritime cooperation and preserving regional peace and stability" near the Gulf of Oman. According to the state media, the Navy of China was sent to training rocket destroyer and rocket frigate, Russia sent a cruiser "Varangian" from its Pacific Fleet, and Iran provided a number of ships, including frigates and high-speed boats.

Such an event coincides with the most troubled period that has seen the region over these six years, noted the official Iranian information agency of the Islamic Republic. The report, referring to the war of Israel and Hamas in Gaza, stated that "joint training is conducted during the period of exacerbation of tension in the region", which threatened to develop into a wider regional conflict.

In fact, the conflict in Gaza, as said in the report, spread to international waters in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, where Iran's rebels supported Husa in Yemen fired at by missiles and drones international military and commercial vessels. The Iranian contraradmiral Amrolla Nozari said that training covers 17,000 square kilometers (6,500 square miles) of the sea in the area of ​​strategic importance for the whole world.

The Iran's report also states that the National Fleet represents new vessels for this year's exercises "equipped for expanded ocean missions. " The ships are armed with advanced weapons of internal development, although it is not specified that it is for weapons. We will remind, on March 14 the United States held secret negotiations with Iran through attacks on a ship in the Red Sea.