Iran plans to establish new navy base

TEHRAN: Iran’s official news agency says the country’s navy plans to establish a new base near Pakistan’s border in the Sea of Oman.
The plans are part of Iranian ambitions to exert its naval power outside the Gulf, including sending warships to the Mediterranean and claiming it might someday have ships in the Atlantic.
The IRNA report yesterday quotes Adm. Habibollah Sayyari as saying that the base will be built in Pasabandar, about 30 km west of Pakistani major port of Gwadar.
Iran has conducted numerous naval drills in past years as it increases its presence in regional waterways.