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Sat Feb 23, 2013, 01:47 PM Feb 2013

Iran's Revolutionary Guard Begins 3-Day Military Exercises In South

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard has begun a three-day ground and air military exercise aimed at upgrading its combat readiness.

State TV says the drills involve ground forces of the Guard, Iran's most powerful military force, around the city of Sirjan in the country's south. It showed tanks and artillery attacking hypothetical enemy positions.

The broadcast says the aim of the exercise is to upgrade the capabilities of the Iranian forces. It did not elaborate.

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