Two Indian Navy ships and a Coast Guard vessel have arrived at the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas. This visit is part of a long-range training mission in the Persian Gulf, according to the navy's announcement on Tuesday. As part of the long-range training deployment in the Persian Gulf, the Indian Navy's First Training Squadron (1TS) ships, INS Tir, INS Shardul, and ICGS Veera, arrived at the port city of Bandar Abbas, Iran.

At a time when tensions between Iran and Israel are rising, the Indian Navy has been dispatched to the region. This comes after Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon.

“During the visit, the ships will engage in activities aimed at enhancing maritime security and interoperability between the Indian Navy and IRI Navy. Professional exchanges, cross training visits, wreath laying, sports fixtures and maritime partnership exercise are planned,” said the navy.

Prior to this, in March, the Iranian training ships Bushehr and Tonb visited Mumbai as part of an exercise. The IRI naval vessel Dena took part in the multi-nation naval drill Milan, which took place in February of this year off the coast of Visakhapatnam.