IRGC Navy Plans to Expand Commando Training Center in Northern Iran

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy is building a new training center in the Northern Gilan province called ‘Imam Khamenei Naval Sciences and Techniques Complex’, an IRGC commander announced on Saturday.
“The center will be tasked with training the IRGC Navy vessel crews to enable them conduct the necessary maneuvers in the Caspian Sea waters,” Commander of IRGC’s Seyed al-Shohada Commando Training Center First Captain Asqar Shokrollahi told FNA today.

He noted that the training center’s jetty is ready for operation and other units of the IRGC Navy will be added to it in a later stage.

First Captain Shokrollahi further noted that the IRGC Navy plan for the establishment of Imam Khamenei Complex is line with the Islamic Republic’s strategies in Northern Iran.

The Iranian Army and IRGC naval forces have tight cooperation in controlling the country’s waterways and protecting Iran’s interests inside territorial waters and in the high seas.

The IRGC was appointed to defend the Persian Gulf security in 2008. The Iranian army has been tasked with controlling the Sea of Oman and the Caspian Sea, while the full responsibility for defending the Persian Gulf security has been entrusted to the IRGC.

The IRGC Navy which is now responsible for defending the country’s territorial waters in the Persian Gulf is also expanding its activities in the Caspian Sea, although security of Iran’s Caspian waters has been entrusted on the Army’s naval force.