Iran Press/Iran news: On the occasion of the National Day of the Iranian Navy, the commemoration of Operation 'Morvarid' (Pearl) on 28 November 1980, which Iranian Destroyer 'Peykan' (Arrow) destroyed the Iraqi Baath regime's Navy, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution met with a group of senior Iranian Navy Commanders and officials in Tehran on Wednesday.
Ayatollah Khamenei called the Navy a vital and decisive force in the world today and praised the Iranian Navy's different units of Patrol and Operations, Intelligence, Logistic and Support, Innovation, and construction forces.
The orientation of the armed forces, especially the Navy, in all activities and planning must be focused on increasing combat readiness and capability, the Chief commander of the Iranian Armed Forces stressed.
The leader said: The most important task of the armed forces is to prevent aggression, so you must show Iran Navy's combat capabilities to the eyes of Iran's enemy.
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