IRAN  - Islamic Republic of Iran maintains security in the Strait of Hormuz and aggressive countries are responsible for any possible insecurity in the strategic strait, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) General Mohammad Ali Jafari said on Monday.

Islamic Republic of Iran maintains security in the Strait of Hormuz and aggressive countries are responsible for any possible insecurity in the strategic strait, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) General Mohammad Ali Jafari said on Monday.

"Despite the opposition of and threats made by the global arrogance and Zionism against the Iranian nation, we do not consider [the possibility of] a threat void and will the continue to prepare [our] forces,"
the general told reporters on the field of the "Val Fajr" military drills.

Jafari added that the IRGC closely monitors all US moves in the neighboring states and adopts due measures to counter them.

The commander emphasized that the IRGC drills are part of a defensive planning in the Persian Gulf coastal regions where enemies pose the most threats.

On Monday, the IRGC Ground Forces began the key and final phase of the Val Fajr wargames in the central province of Yazd in a bid to further improve the combat preparedness of Iranian armed forces.