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IRGC Plans to Build Permanent Base in the Indian Ocean

The IRGC naval force, which often operates in tandem with the Iranian Navy, will build a permanent base in the Indian Ocean. AFP via IRIB, HO
The IRGC naval force, which often operates in tandem with the Iranian Navy, will build a permanent base in the Indian Ocean. AFP via IRIB, HO
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IRGC Plans to Build Permanent Base in the Indian Ocean

The IRGC naval force, which often operates in tandem with the Iranian Navy, will build a permanent base in the Indian Ocean. AFP via IRIB, HO
The IRGC naval force, which often operates in tandem with the Iranian Navy, will build a permanent base in the Indian Ocean. AFP via IRIB, HO

The naval forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) plan to build a permanent base in the Indian Ocean by the end of the year, Navy Commander Admiral Alireza Tangsiri told state-run Fars news agency.

This falls under the goals put by Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

“Building a permanent marine base will improve security in the mouth of the Indian Ocean that will also be of great help to the growing presence of Iranian fishing and fishing development in the region,” he said.

The IRGC commander said that through its presence in the Sea of Oman and the Indian Ocean, “the IRGC will no longer leave any room for such acts of infringement.”

"The deployment of the fleet by the IRGC navy to distant waters has been done in the past, and our second fleet was also sent to the waters of the Indian Ocean," he concluded.

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China Discovers Cluster of New Mpox Strain

A woman walks on the Youyi Bridge at the Liangmahe river in Beijing, China on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A woman walks on the Youyi Bridge at the Liangmahe river in Beijing, China on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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China Discovers Cluster of New Mpox Strain

A woman walks on the Youyi Bridge at the Liangmahe river in Beijing, China on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A woman walks on the Youyi Bridge at the Liangmahe river in Beijing, China on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Chinese health authorities said on Thursday they had detected the new mutated mpox strain clade Ib as the viral infection spreads to more countries after the World Health Organization declared a global public health emergency last year.
China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention said it had found a cluster outbreak of the Ib subclade that started with the infection a foreigner who has a history of travel and residence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Reuters reported.
Four further cases have been found in people infected after close contact with the foreigner. The patients' symptoms are mild and include skin rash and blisters.
Mpox spreads through close contact and causes flu-like symptoms and pus-filled lesions on the body. Although usually mild, it can be fatal in rare cases.
WHO last August declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that spread to neighboring countries.
The outbreak in DRC began with the spread of an endemic strain, known as clade I. But the clade Ib variant appears to spread more easily through routine close contact, including sexual contact.
The variant has spread from DRC to neighboring countries, including Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, triggering the emergency declaration from the WHO.
China said in August last year it would monitor people and goods entering the country for mpox.
The country's National Health Commission said mpox would be managed as a Category B infectious disease, enabling officials to take emergency measures such as restricting gatherings, suspending work and school, and sealing off areas when there is an outbreak of a disease.