Commander: Part of IRGC’s Capabilities Demonstrated in Recent Drills

Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Brigadier General Hossein Salami said that the IRGC Ground Force demonstrated just part of its capabilities during the current military drills in the Southeastern province of Kerman.

The IRGC’s three-day wargames, codenamed Payambar-e Azam 8 (The Great Prophet 8), started on Saturday and will be wrapped up today. The massive wargames are underway in Iran’s Southern and Southeastern regions of Kerman, Zarand, Shaabjareh, Siriz, Toghroljerd, Yazdanabad and Sang.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the drills, Gen. Salami said exercising concentrated, uninterrupted and precise firepower was among the main features of the wargames.

“What has been done in the wargames was (a demonstration of) the IRGC’s capabilities in a small scale,” Salami noted, adding that the drills simulated actual battlefield conditions.

Last night, a senior Iranian Armed Forces commander said the IRGC Ground Force is exercising modern warfare tactics in a bid to promote its capability of confronting modern threats.

Deputy Commander of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri said that the IRGC Ground Force units are due to exercise new warring methods and combat tactics in response to the modern threats posed to the country.

“The wargames are underway based on this specified strategy and in line with the maintenance and promotion of (the units’) preparedness,” Baqeri said.

The IRGC forces have exercised different tactics and tested capabilities of its special modern warfare units on the first day of Payambar-e Azam 8 wargames.