Baku, Azerbaijan, April 18
By Fatih Karimov - Trend:
Iran's 29th flotilla of warships will return to the country on April 28-29.
Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said the flotilla will come back after one hundred days of operation in the Atlantic Ocean, Iran's Fars news agency reported on April 18.
He added that the Fateh submarine will be unveiled in the current Iranian year, which began on March 21.
He made the remarks today on the occasion of the national army day.
He added that the Navy's 30th flotilla of warships was dispatched two days ago.
Jamaran-2 to Jamaran-7 destroyers are also being manufactured, Sayyari noted.
In March 2013, the "Jamaran 2" destroyer produced by the Iranian navy was delivered to the Iranian navy in the Caspian Sea.
The Jamaran 1 destroyer was delivered to the Iranian navy in the Persian Gulf in February 2010. It is designed and manufactured by Iranian specialists.
Jamaran is able to fight with submarines, aircraft and enemy ships. Moreover, the destroyer has a helipad.
On April 13, the Iranian Navy changed the mission of its 29th flotilla of warships and called it back home before the naval group could start its voyage in the Atlantic Ocean, Sayyari said, adding that the country now plans to send another fleet to the Atlantic Ocean.
"The mission of any fleet of warships is specified and they are dispatched to the free waters on the basis of certain plans."
"But considering the conditions of the region, it's possible that the mission of a flotilla is changed; for instance, if the pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden are intensified, some changes will be made in the mission of the fleets of warships," he added.
In relevant remarks in February, Sayyari had confirmed the voyage of Iranian warships in the Atlantic Ocean, underlining that Iran is entitled to the right to send its troops to international waters.
"All countries, including Iran, are entitled to the right to be present in the free waters, and we don't seek to violate any country's territorial waters," Sayyari told FNA in Tehran at the time, while participating in the annual rallies to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran.