{"id":54962,"date":"2020-09-10T07:47:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T12:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=54962"},"modified":"2020-09-10T07:47:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T12:47:59","slug":"iran-conducts-annual-war-drill-to-thwart-foreign-threats-and-possible-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=54962","title":{"rendered":"Iran Conducts Annual War Drill To Thwart “Foreign Threats And Possible Invasion”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iran Conducts Annual War Drill To Thwart “Foreign Threats And Possible Invasion”<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Adding to the regional instabilities in the Gulf of Oman, near the\u00a0strategic Strait of Hormuz waterway, the Iranian military launched its annual three-day naval exercise on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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Iranian\u00a0commander\u00a0Admiral Habibollah Sardari, who is leading the drills, told\u00a0Iranian state TV that the exercise would allow the military\u00a0to thwart future “foreign threats and any possible invasion.”<\/p>\n

Reuters<\/a>\u00a0notes the exercise is being conducted in the\u00a0eastern side of the strait in the Gulf of Oman,\u00a0a hot spot that was the site of\u00a0last year’s tanker attacks.<\/a><\/p>\n