Iranian Naval Forces Make an Unusual Port Call to the UAE

In an unusual defense diplomatic development, ships of the IRGC Navy (Nesda) and regular Iranian Navy (Nejada) have commenced a joint port visit to the United Arab Emirates.

The UAE Ministry of Defense website showed a picture of the Shahid Soleimani Class missile corvette Shahid Rais Ali Delvari (FS313-04) being greeted at the dockside in Sharjah on arrival. The Shahid Rais Ali Delvari, the fourth ship in its class, was only unveiled as having joined the Nesda fleet in mid-January, so this will probably have been its first overseas port visit and operational deployment.

The Iranian naval visitors alongside in Sharjah’s Mina Khalid, February 3 (Iranian MoD)

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