Iranian army\u2019s air force and navy, aerospace force and navy of the IRGC participated in exercises, says Press TV
\nTehran
\nIran said on Friday that it successfully carried out an air defence drill using drones designed to intercept hostile targets in an area stretching from its southwestern to southeastern coasts, amid heightened tensions in the region.
\nOn Thursday, Pakistan launched air strikes against terrorists inside Iran in a retaliatory attack two days after Tehran said it struck the bases of another group within Pakistani territory.
\nThe tit-for-tat strikes were the highest-profile cross-border intrusions in recent years and have raised alarm over wider instability in the Middle East since the war between Israel and Hamas erupted on Oct. 7.
\n\u201cIranian forces have successfully launched a new air defence method that uses drones to intercept and target hostile targets,\u201d state-run Press TV quoted an Iranian army spokesman as saying.
\nThe two-day drills, which began on Thursday, cover an area from Abadan in southwestern Khuzestan province to Chahbahar in southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan province that borders Pakistan and Afghanistan.
\nPress TV said the army\u2019s air force and navy, the aerospace force and the navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) participated in the exercises.
\nIran and Pakistan have a history of rocky relations but both have signalled a desire to cool tensions in the wake of this week\u2019s strikes.
\nAgainst the backdrop of the war in Gaza, Iran and its militia allies around the Middle East have been carrying out attacks on Israeli and US targets in the region in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
\nIran has also launched strikes on Syria against what it said were Da\u2019ish sites, and Iraq, where it said it had struck an Israeli espionage centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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