Addressing a meeting of top Iranian military commanders on Wednesday, Major General Gholam Ali Rashid said the “mighty offensive and defensive” war games will be staged within the coming days and weeks.
The Armed Forces will be employing offensive and defensive weapons in the upcoming drills to practice combatting hostile threats, he noted.
The general said the war games have been designed and planned meticulously and innovatively in order to surprise the enemies.
Major General Rashid emphasized that Iran will never start a war in the region according to its defense doctrine, noting that the upcoming war games are meant to maintain military preparedness in the face of threats.
The Khatam al-Anbia Central Headquarters is a subdivision of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces that is tasked with the layout and arrangement of operations involving various Iranian military units.