Irans navy launches first army drill since 12-day warfare with Israel

Iran launched its first army train for the reason that finish of its 12-day warfare with Israel, state tv reported on Thursday (August 21, 2025), with navy vessels launching missiles at targets at sea within the Gulf of Oman and the Indian Ocean.

While such drills are routine within the Islamic Republic, the “Sustainable Power 1404″ train comes as authorities in Iran are attempting to undertaking power within the wake of a warfare that noticed Israel destroy air defence programs and bomb nuclear amenities and different websites.

The state TV report mentioned the frigate IRIS Sabalan and a smaller vessel, the IRIS Ganaveh, launched Nasir and Qadir cruise missiles at targets within the sea, placing them. Coastal batteries additionally opened hearth as a part of the train.

Iran’s navy, estimated to have some 18,000 personnel, apparently averted any main assault through the June warfare.

The navy, primarily based out of the port metropolis of Bandar Abbas, patrols the Gulf of Oman, the Indian Ocean and the Caspian Sea, and broadly leaves the Persian Gulf and its slim mouth, the Strait of Hormuz, to Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.

The Guard’s naval forces are identified for seizures of Western vessels through the breakdown of Iran’s 2015 nuclear cope with world powers, in addition to intently shadowing passing U.S. Navy vessels coming into the area.

Since the tip of the warfare, Iran has more and more insisted that it is able to counter any future Israeli assault.

Defence Minister Brig. Gen. Aziz Nasirzadeh mentioned that the nation has outfitted its forces with new missiles, in remarks reported Wednesday by the state-run IRNA information company. “In response to any potential enemy adventurism, our forces are ready to make use of these new missiles successfully.”

Meanwhile, Iran has suspended its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, which has been monitoring its nuclear websites as Tehran enriched uranium to close weapons-grade ranges amid the tensions.

France, Germany and the United Kingdom, the European events to Iran’s nuclear deal, have warned that if Tehran would not attain a “passable resolution” to its dispute with the IAEA by Aug. 31, they’ll set off a “snapback” reimposition of all United Nations sanctions on it beforehand lifted by the accord.

While already stung by American sanctions since 2018, analysts warn that renewed U.N. sanctions might additional weaken the nation’s ailing economic system.