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.
