Iran held a naval drill in the Caspian Sea, close to the border with Azerbaijan on Tuesday evening, Mehr News reports.
The naval defense exercise was held at the Army Navy base in Astara. During the exercise, the hypothetical targets were attacked.
The drill was aimed to prepare the navy’s forces as much as possible, Hamid Mousavi, the deputy governor of Astara, said on Tuesday.
The drills come amid heightened tensions in the region. On Tuesday, Iran dismissed calls from the UK and other Western countries to refrain from retaliation against Israel for the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last month.
The Israeli military issued a directive on Sunday ordering all off-duty soldiers who are currently in Georgia or Azerbaijan to return to Israel immediately.
