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16 January 2025

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Chief of Staff: Iran Naval Missions will be changed with Zagros destroyer

Major General Mohammad Bagheri at the ceremony of Integration Zagros Destroyer into the Navy Combat Organization praised the Iranian Defense Industry's experts for to design and production of Zagros Destroyers, saying that our Navy international maritime missions will be changed fundamentally with the this vessel's capabilities including navigation equipments.

AhlulBayt News Agency: Major General Mohammad Bagheri at the ceremony of Integration Zagros Destroyer into the Navy Combat Organization praised the Iranian Defense Industry's experts for to design and production of Zagros Destroyers, saying that our Navy international maritime missions will be changed fundamentally with the this vessel's capabilities including navigation equipments.

Iran Navy on Wednesday unveiled its latest advanced multi-purpose Combat and Intelligence gathering Destroyer with the name of Zagros in Konarak and unveiled the largest Iranian navy hub in Jask in the Gulf of Oman equipped with specialized docks with the most advanced equipment.

Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Iranian Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces in the unveiling ceremonies among senior Iranian military commanders said that the latest developments in the 15 past months in the region show that a nation can keep its independence and sovereignty only through self-reliance.

Defensive power is one of the main tools for maintaining the security and power of the great Iranian nation ... Iran has a network of waters connected to international waters and with these valuable capabilities and infrastructure Iran has a unique position in the pyramid of regional and global power, Major General Bagheri said.

Iranian Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces noted Iran's Naval missions of maritime security in the Sea of ​​Oman, the Indian Ocean, the Middle East, and international waters, seas, and oceans said: We need Zagros Destroyer with its valuable Intelligence-Gathering in our naval fleet lacking in our fleet.

"Zagros Destroyer was designed and built piece by piece, and assembled by Iranian young scientists, Army and Navy experts with the assistance of  Iranian Defense Industries, Defense Ministry, Major General Bagheri said.

Bagheri said the Sea of ​​Oman and the Makran coast a precious gems and the Navy of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been a pioneer in the exploitation of valuable coasts and activating the Konarak and Chabahar coasts for more than 10 years by developing maritime infrastructure.


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