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Large Unpublicized Military Exercises Held Near Iraqi Border

December 13 2010

Iran

Iranian state media have reported that the Iranian army has apparently completed a large military exercise near the border with Iraq, according to Ha'aretz (Israel).

These drills were said to be held quietly, with only indirect confirmation of their existence.

The state-run IRNA news agency reported on Monday the deaths of two military officers in a road accident as they returned from "large" ground exercises. Gen. Rahman Forouzandeh, a ground forces commander, and his aide...

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