Iran commences missile drill

IRAN’S navy began a short-range missile drill in the Gulf of Oman yesterday and inaugurated its largest military vessel, state television reported, amid heightened tensions over

Tehran’s nuclear programme and a United States pressure campaign against the Islamic Republic.

Two new Iran-made warships joined the two-day exercise: The missile-launching Zereh, and the country’s largest military ship, the Makran, a logistics vessel with a helicopter pad.