Iran's Revolutionary Guard launched a surprise military drill Wednesday on disputed islands in the Arabian Gulf.
It unveiled new vessels equipped with 600-km range missiles.
The drill focused primarily on Abu Musa Island, though the Guard also landed forces on the Greater Tunb Island as well, Iran's state-run IRNA news agency reported. Ships, drones and missile units took part in the drill, the report said.
Those two islands, along with another one, remain claimed by the United Arab Emirates.
“We always try for security and tranquility; it is our way," the Guard’s chief, Gen. Hossein Salami, said in a televised address during the drill. "Our nation is vigilant, and it gives harsh responses to all threats, complicated seditions and secret scenarios and hostilities.”
