Iranian Submarine Joins Naval Exercise
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NICOSIA, Cyprus — Iran deployed its Russian-made submarine, the first acquired by any Persian Gulf state, during military exercises Friday. Iranian television showed the Kilo-class submarine cruising on the surface in the northern Gulf, escorted by a low-flying helicopter.
Gulf Arab states and their Western allies consider Iran’s Russian-made submarine a potential security threat in the waterway through which most of the West’s oil imports pass.
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