TEHRAN,\u00a0Iran \u2014\u00a0Iran\u00a0says it will hold a “massive”\u00a0naval\u00a0drill\u00a0near the\u00a0strategic\u00a0Strait\u00a0of\u00a0Hormuz, the first such exercise since the incident involving 10 U.S. sailors who were briefly captured by\u00a0Iran\u00a0when they drifted into Iranian territorial waters earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
The official IRNA news agency says the\u00a0drill\u00a0will start on Wednesday an encompass an area from the eastern part of the\u00a0Strait\u00a0of\u00a0Hormuz, through which one fifth of the world oil supply passes, to the Sea of Oman and also stretch into the Indian Ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The agency is quoting Iranian navy chief, Adm. Habibollah Sayyari, as saying that “many types of missiles and torpedoes will be launched during the maneuver.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sayyari did not elaborate on the length of the\u00a0drill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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