The Iranian Navy has deployed light submarines built with domestic technology in the Strait of Hormuz to confront enemy ships. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy has referred to these submarines as the ‘dolphins of the Persian Gulf’.
Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani made the remarks on Sunday (May 10), the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News Agency reported.
Rear Admiral Shahram Irani said that the number of these light submarines made in Iran is being increased based on the existing threats, capabilities and operational needs and they have been deployed on the seabed of the Strait of Hormuz.
He said that these submarines are capable of staying on the seabed for a long time in this strategic waterway and can detect and destroy enemy ships at the same time.
According to the Navy commander, these light submarines are commonly called the ‘dolphins of the Persian Gulf’ by naval officers and members.
He also said that during an operation to commemorate the martyrs of the Dana destroyer, these submarines surfaced in the Strait of Hormuz to demonstrate Iran’s maritime defense capabilities.
After various types of strategic formation exercises, Shahram Irani also said that the submarines returned to the depths of the sea and continued their assigned missions.
Incidentally, on February 28, while talks were underway in Geneva, the US-Israeli joint forces attacked Iran. Several top officials, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, were killed. On the same day, 168 students were killed in a US Tomahawk missile attack on the Sharjah Tayyiba Primary School in the city of Minab. The Iranian government has declared this incident a war crime. In protest, Iran launched 100 attacks on Israel and US bases in the Middle East in 39 consecutive days.
Then, on April 7, Trump proposed a ceasefire based on Iran’s 10-point proposal. A ceasefire was put into effect on April 8, mediated by Pakistan, and representatives of the two countries met directly in Islamabad on April 11. When the talks failed to yield results, a naval blockade of Hormuz was imposed on April 13. Trump then extended the ceasefire for another time.
According to Iran’s Legal Medicine Organization, a total of 3,380 people were killed in the conflict from February 28 to April 10, including 2,875 men and 496 women. In addition, according to the Emergency Medical Services Department, 118 medical workers were injured and 26 were killed in the war.
Source: MEHR News
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