Iran to hold military drill in NW region

TEHRAN, Sept. 30– Iran will hold a war game in its northwestern border areas kicking off on Friday, a senior Iranian commander announced on Thursday. “The Kheibar military exercise will begin tomorrow in the northwestern region of the country with the presence of a number of the army’s ground units,” Kiomars Heidari, commander of the Iranian Army’s Ground Forces, was…

TEHRAN, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) — Iran will hold a war game in its northwestern border areas kicking off on Friday, a senior Iranian commander announced on Thursday.

“The Kheibar military exercise will begin tomorrow in the northwestern region of the country with the presence of a number of the army’s ground units,” Kiomars Heidari, commander of the Iranian Army’s Ground Forces, was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency.

This exercise aims to improve the combat readiness and test weapons, said Heidari. Enditem