Iran To Build Military Base In Indian Ocean – Free PDF Download

MILITARIZATION OF THE INDIAN OCEAN

MANY ARTICLES HAVE BEEN WRITTEN ON IT

IRAN’S LATEST ANNOUNCEMENT

• Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) plans to establish a permanent military base in the Indian Ocean by March 2021. This was announced by IRGC Navy Commander Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri.
• (IRGC has been declared a terrorist organisation by USA)

THE RECENT EVENT

• The US killed top IRGC Commander QasemSoleimani in a drone strike on January 3, 2020. QasemSoleimani, Commander of the Quds force, the foreign branch of the Revolutionary Guards, was according to the US plotting imminent attacks on American diplomats and military personnel.

WHY IS IRAN SETTING UP A PERMANENT BASE IN INDIAN OCEAN?

• The IRGC Navy Commander stated that the decision to set up the base was taken due to repeated harassment faced by Iranian fishermen at the hands of pirates and foreign vessels in the Indian Ocean and the Sea of Oman. The Commander warned that the IRGC will no longer allow such encroachments in the region.
• The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy has so far dispatched two naval flotillas to the Indian Ocean.

HOW IT CAN CREATE TENSIONS?

DETAILS

• Iran has so far given no indication of where it intends to build the base. At present Iran’s Chabahar Port in the Gulf of Oman –which is used, among other activities, for shipping goods to Afghanistan –is the nearest base Tehran has to the Indian Ocean, although attempts to develop it into a major import-export terminal with India’s assistance have been hampered by US sanctions.

WHERE COULD IRAN BUILD THE NEW BASE?

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