Iran ends war-games

Tehran - Iranian troops yesterday concluded a week-long war-games that displayed Iran's ability "to destroy potential threats…

Tehran - Iranian troops yesterday concluded a week-long war-games that displayed Iran's ability "to destroy potential threats". Iranian television said Iranian-built jets and tanks took part in the major air and ground assaults involving some 200,000 troops. Iran's supreme leader and overall commander-in-chief of the armed forces, the recently-elected Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, watched the assaults.

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