Rear Admira­l says that the missio­n would start in late MarchTEHRAN: Iran is to deploy its newest warship to the Atlantic Ocean on a five-month mission – the navy’s longest in a decade, the conservative Fars news agency reported on Saturday. “The navy has had a plan to deploy a flotilla to the Atlantic Ocean for a few years and now everything seems prepared to launch the mission,” said Fars, which is considered close to Iran’s military. Iran urged to increase security in border areasRear Admiral Touraj Hassani-Moghadam told the official IRNA news agency on Friday that the mission would start early in the next Iranian year, which begins in late March. The vessels are expected to dock in a friendly Latin American country such as Venezuela, Fars said. It is a radar-evading stealth ship capable of electronic warfare, Rear-Admiral Alireza Sheikhi told IRNA last month.

Source: The Express Tribune January 05, 2019 08:03 UTC