Iraqi and Iranian navies are conducting a joint exercise

Iraqi and Iranian navies are conducting a joint exercise

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Iraqi and Iranian navies are conducting a joint exercise

Roudao - Erbil

Iraqi forces carried out a joint naval exercise with the Iranian counterpart, in order to practice inspections of suspect boats and anti - smuggling and piracy, according to the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, said Tuesday.

He said the Iraqi Defense, said in a statement today that "the leadership of the Navy, carried out yesterday morning, on behalf of the joint exercise (Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah) with the Iranian navy."

The statement continued, "participated in the exercise from the Iraqi side six boats Defender Navy, and 10 boats from the border guards of the fourth region, participated in the Iranian side of the 16-boat."

He pointed out that "the aim of the exercise, which was conducted at the entrance to the Shatt al-Arab, joint patrols between the Iraqi side and the Iranian boats to search the suspect, the fight against smuggling and infiltration and piracy."

For his part, he said a member of the Security and Defense Committee, Majid al-Gharawi, in a press statement, "The joint exercises with neighboring countries to help raise the potential and capabilities of the Iraqi forces, especially since Iraq is linked up freely with Iran."

Iraq, Iran and linked up freely in the Shatt al-Arab (River consists of the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, where they meet in the Karma area, northern entrance to the Iraqi city of Basra, and flows into the Arabian Gulf).

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