Tehran, YJC. Sayyari is to visit Russia to attend a defense exhibition.
Mehr News Agency reports that Rear Admiral Habibollah
Sayyari is invited by the Russian Navy to visit the fleet dispatched by the Islamic
Republic at Astrakhan as well as a defense exhibition held by the Russian Navy.
For the first time in the history of the two countries, Iran
has dispatched a fleet consisting of two gunships to Russia. The fleet is
currently at Astrakhan, the most important naval base in southern Russia.
Iran’s Commander of Navy will depart for Russia on Tuesday
at 4:00 to visit the fleet and a Russian defense exhibition as invited by the
Russian Navy.