Iran, Russia, and China will begin on Friday joint naval drills for three days in the Indian Ocean, seeking to reinforce “common security,” an Iranian naval official said Thursday.
The announcement of the maneuvers coincides with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s official visit to Moscow, where he said Tehran has “no limits for expanding ties with Russia.”
The drills also come during talks in Vienna aimed at salvaging a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, including Russia and China. That agreement had offered Tehran relief from crippling international sanctions in return for deep curbs to its nuclear program.
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