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February 20, 2015       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/19/iran-sends-flotilla-warships-across-equator/

Iran Flexes Muscles with Warships in Indian Ocean

(Washington Times) Guy Taylor - Two Iranian warships headed Thursday from Sri Lanka toward Indonesia to show that Iran is "active and powerful" in the Indian Ocean, Iranian officials said. The Iranian Navy's 33rd flotilla is comprised of a destroyer and a logistic warship. Col. Ebrahim Rouhani, Iran's military attache in Sri Lanka, said the "Indian Ocean is a stage for the big powers to display the power of their fleets, and the presence of this flotilla shows that we are active and powerful on this stage too," Iran's state-run Fars news agency reported.

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