Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to hold war games in Strait of Hormuz
By APWednesday, April 21, 2010
Iran to hold war games in Strait of Hormuz
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s state TV says the country’s elite Revolutionary Guard will begin large scale military maneuvers in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a move likely to heighten tension at a time when the West is at a deepening standoff with Iran over its nuclear program.
The Wednesday TV report quoted the Guard’s deputy chief Hossein Salami as saying the war games in the Persian Gulf and Hormuz were designed to “safeguard security” in the region. It did not elaborate.
Salami said the three-day war games due to start Thursday will also seek to demonstrate Iran’s role in a waterway through which some 40 percent of the world oil and energy supply passes.
Iran had in the past threatened to close the strait if attacked.
