Tehran, Iran – China, Iran and Russia conducted joint naval drills Tuesday in the Middle East, offering a show of force in a region still uneasy over Tehran's rapidly expanding nuclear program and as Yemen's Houthi rebels threaten new attacks on ships.

Warships from Iran, China and Russia kicked off their annual joint exercises in the Gulf of Oman on Monday, in a show of strengthening military ties as US President Donald Trump upends longstanding Western alliances.

Iran’s navy is taking part in a three-day drill with Russia and China. Iranian media said that the Iranian navy had successfully executed the second day of the joint drill. “The three-day naval drills,

The Chinese, Iranian, and Russian navies kicked off a joint exercise near the Iranian port of Chabahar. Codenamed "Security Belt-2025", the exercise will include drills on striking maritime targets, damage control,

Iran, Russia and China launched their annual Middle East naval exercises, dubbed Security Belt-2025, in the Gulf of Oman on Tuesday. Iran, represented by its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a paramilitary force with its own navy,

The so-called "Security Belt-2025" naval exercises will include China's most powerful guided missile destroyer and its location in the Gulf of Oman, a vital global shipping route, is thought to be intended to provoke the West.

The exercise includes drills on striking maritime targets, damage control, and joint search-and-rescue operations.