Iran, China and Russia will launch a joint military operation Monday called "Security Belt 2025," designed to promote security and trilateral cooperation in the Indian Ocean.

The Chinese, Iranian, and Russian navies kicked off a joint exercise near the Iranian port of Chabahar. Codenamed "Security Belt-2025", the exercise will include drills on striking maritime targets, damage control,

Iran, Russia and China launched their annual Middle East naval exercises, dubbed Security Belt-2025, in the Gulf of Oman on Tuesday. Iran, represented by its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a paramilitary force with its own navy,

The so-called "Security Belt-2025" naval exercises will include China's most powerful guided missile destroyer and its location in the Gulf of Oman, a vital global shipping route, is thought to be intended to provoke the West.