{"id":33074,"date":"2021-08-24T11:20:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T18:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/?p=33074"},"modified":"2021-08-24T11:21:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T18:21:42","slug":"emboldened-iran-to-hold-war-drills-with-russia-and-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/emboldened-iran-to-hold-war-drills-with-russia-and-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Emboldened Iran To Hold War Drills With Russia and China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Iran is set to hold a series of war drills with Russia and China, as the hardline regime celebrates the United States’ bungled evacuation in Afghanistan and boosts its enrichment of nuclear weapons-grade uranium to historically high levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iranian and Russian leaders announced on Monday that their countries, along with China, will hold joint maritime war exercises in the Persian Gulf later this year or early in 2022, according to Iran\u2019s state-controlled media. The countries said they will focus on “shipping security and combating piracy” as the United States reduces its military footprint in the region following its marred withdrawal from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The announcement comes as the rogue countries step up their involvement in war-torn Afghanistan amid a hurried effort by the Biden administration to evacuate U.S. personnel from the country. Iran, Russia, and China have all expressed an interest in replacing the United States as a powerbroker in the nation and working with the newly installed Taliban government. Iran’s foreign ministry announced that “Iran is in contact with all parties in Afghanistan to pave the ground for dialogue and reconciliation” and that the Russian and Chinese embassies remain<\/a> functioning<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Iran’s new hardline president, Ebrahim Raisi, celebrated what he called America’s “military failure” in Afghanistan last week, saying the Biden administration’s “military defeat and its withdrawal must become an opportunity to restore life, security, and durable peace in Afghanistan.” Iranian officials also have sought to increase<\/a> ties with the Taliban, historically a regional enemy, as it expands its footprint in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n