Kish (IP) - The commemoration ceremony of Iranian Navy National Day kicked off on Sunday morning in Kish Island, southern Iran, with the participation of representatives from the Azerbaijan Republic, Russia, Pakistan, Indonesia, and Oman along with 24 military attaches from 24 countries.

Iran Press/Iran news: The ceremony began as the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Commander of Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, and a member of the Iranian Expediency Council Gholamali Haddad Adel along with other military and administrative officials were the national guests at the event.

On the occasion of the successful Iranian Navy Operation Morvarid (Pearl) against the Iraqi Baathist regime's naval and air attack on Iran on November 27, 1980, the date was named Navy Day in the Iranian calendar.

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