‘Iran trains Indian, Pakistani, Omani military commanders’

Head of the Iranian Army Command and General Staff College (DAFOOS), General Hossein Valivand, announced on Tuesday that the country is training army commanders from the friendly states.

"260 officers from the (Iranian) Armed Forces and a number of others from the friendly states, including Indians, Pakistanis and Omanis, are present in these courses," Valivand said, addressing a ceremony to start the new DAFOOS course in Tehran on Tuesday.

He added that dissertation of these senior foreign officers will focus on issues related to their countries' armies.

In relevant remarks in April, Commander of Iran's Army Major General Abdolrahim Moussavi underlined his country's willingness to share its anti-terrorism experiences with the Indian Ocean littoral states.

EA