Iran begins main phase of manoeuvres in the Straits of Hormuz

Air and naval forces participate in military exercises under the slogan “sustainable security in the shadow of deterrence”, in the Gulf near the strategic Strait of Hormuz waterway, Iranian state TV reported on Thursday, at a time of high tension between Tehran and Washington. This Thursday the joint military exercises of the Iranian Army, known as Zolfaqar-99, under the slogan “sustainable security under the defensive self-rule”, began in the south of the country Shahram Irani, the spokesman for the joint military exercises, announced the beginning of the exercises “with continuous naval patrols and monitoring of the general area in the…