Iranian Army to Stage Several Wargames in Near Future

The Iranian Army Ground Force plans to stage two new wargames in different parts of the country in the near future to boost its units’ combat capabilities and defense preparedness.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a ceremony to unveil three new achievements of the Army Ground Force here in Tehran on Saturday, Commander of the Ground Force Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan said armored units will exercise a series of drills in the first three months of the current Iranian year (started on March 21).

He added that the military drills will be held in Iran’s Southeastern regions.

Pourdastan said that another series of exercises, dubbed as Beit ol-Moqaddas 25, will be held in the country’s Central province of Isfahan this year.

The commander offered no further details about the date of the wargames, but said the they are aimed at “exercising asymmetric warfare tactics”.

Iranian officials and commanders have repeatedly underlined that all military exercises and trainings of the Iranian Armed Forces are merely meant to serve deterrent purposes.

“When the enemy observes that our Armed Forces are constantly in wargame zones and their fingers are kept on the trigger, it will not dare to invade the Islamic Iran’s borders,” Pourdastan said in January, underlining the significance of military trainings for boosting the country’s deterrent power.

As regards the Iranian Armed Forces’ military exercises, Pourdastan described wargames as “very important” to the Iranian military, and said drills have provided the Iranian military forces, including the Army Ground Force, with an opportunity to test its achievements and remove deficiencies for future missions.