SpaceWar.com reports: “Iran and Russia will conduct naval manoeuvres in the Sea of Oman on Thursday, following the latest round of talks between Tehran and Washington in Geneva, Iranian media reported.

On Monday, the Revolutionary Guards, the ideological arm of Iran’s military, also launched exercises in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a challenge to US naval forces deployed in the region.

‘The joint naval exercise of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Russia will take place tomorrow (Thursday) in the Sea of Oman and in the northern Indian Ocean,’ the ISNA agency reported, citing drill spokesman, Rear Admiral Hassan Maghsoudloo.

‘The aim is to strengthen maritime security and to deepen relations between the navies of the two countries,’ he said, without specifying the duration of the drill…”