Iran's naval commander highlights naval success - analysis

• Author: SETH J. FRANTZMAN
• Published date: 29 September 2021

He highlighted the navy's recent successes and also encouraged Kurdish Iranian youth to be encouraged by these recent successes. Iran's Kurdish community has been sidelined by the regime at times and there are many Kurdish dissident groups that Iran has contended with.

However, unlike in Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, the Kurds in Iran have not faced genocide and attempts to erase their identity or deny them citizenship. The Iranian admiral said: "It is necessary for the people of Iran and the province of Kurdistan to know that we have been encouraged many times through international organizations to take some helpful action," according to reports at Fars News and Tasnim news in Iran.

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The Iranian commander said that Iran's navy has been helpful in rescuing people at sea. He also highlighted the diversity of Iran's navy, noting that those who serve in the navy come from many ethnic groups in Iran.

"Our daily effort and strategy are to be able to hold our country's flag in the best possible way and with high authority," he said.

Iran wants to expand and modernize its navy. However, Iran's navy also lacks resources because of competition from the IRGC which has its own naval units in Iraq. In recent years, the navy saw setbacks, such as a fire that sank one of its largest ships.

This year the navy sent two ships on a long voyage to Russia to showcase Iran's abilities. The naval...