IRAN, RUSSIA, CHINA TO STAGE INDIAN OCEAN WAR GAMES
Iran, Russia and China will begin joint naval drills Friday for three days in the Indian Ocean.
The war games seek to reinforce “common security,” an Iranian naval official said Thursday.
The announcement of the maneuvers coincides with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s official visit to Moscow.
The drills also come during talks in Vienna aimed at salvaging a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, including Russia and China.
That agreement offered Tehran relief from crippling international sanctions in return for curbing its nuclear program.
Former President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew the U.S. from the pact in 2018 and reimposed sanctions.