TEHRAN (Press TV) -- A flotilla of Iranian warships on Tuesday left the country’s southern port city of Bandar Abbas for high seas on a routine mission to maintain the Islamic Republic’s power in international waters.
The 50th naval fleet, comprised of Tunb logistic-combat warship and Shaheed Naqdi and Bayandor destroyers, embarked on the voyage through a ceremony attended by commander of Moqaddam Naval Base Rear Admiral Afshin Tashk. He said the flotilla aims to display high capabilities of the Iranian naval forces and added that it is imperative for a strategic force to have presence in the high seas.