© Stringer / ReutersTwo Iranian navy warships
Iran is considering having naval bases on the coasts of Yemen and Syria, the Iranian chief of the general staff told a gathering of senior navy commanders, adding that
the measure would have a great deterrent effect.
"One day, we may need bases on the coasts of Yemen and Syria, and we need the necessary infrastructures for it under the international maritime law," Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said, as cited by the Iranian Tasnim news agency.
The deterrent effect of having naval bases in foreign countries "could be ten times more efficient than nuclear power," the head of the general staff said, stressing that
Iran's military strategy should focus on preventing potential enemies from accessing Iranian territories, and forcing potential enemy warships to stay away from the Iranian coast.
He went on to say that Iran needs a fleet in the Indian Ocean that would be equal to the one stationed in the Gulf of Oman, and urged the Navy to enhance its intelligence activities by working on satellite and cyber-space technologies, as well as by developing naval drones.
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