Speaking to reporters in Tehran on Tuesday, the commander said crossing the Atlantic Ocean is on the agenda of the Navy.

His comments came a week after an Iranian naval flotilla sailed for the first time into the Atlantic waters as part of a military mission.

The Iranian Navy’s 44th flotilla of warships entered the Atlantic Ocean on November 22 after making a port call at South Africa’s Port of Durban.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Rear Admiral Sayyari said a large-scale naval war game, codenamed Velayat-95- will be staged as scheduled in the Iranian month of Bahman, which starts on January 20, 2017.

The commander was speaking on the sidelines of an exhibition, held to unveil a number of new systems and projects for manufacturing military equipment including naval radars, simulators, and torpedoes.

Iranian military experts and technicians have in recent years made great headways in manufacturing a broad range of indigenous equipment, making the armed forces self-sufficient in the arms sphere.

Tehran has repeatedly stated that its military might is defensive in nature and poses no threat to other countries.