Iran launches large-scale War Games
By Laiylla Sherazi 'Pakistan Times' Foreign Correspondent

TEHRAN (Iran): Iran began its largest war games in almost a year on Monday.

The elite Revolutionary Guards began three days of ground maneuvers, dubbed Eghtedar, or Grandeur, state-run media reported Monday.

State television said the exercise is the biggest since March2006 and is taking place in 16 of Iran's 30 provinces. The broadcast said 20 brigades, or an estimated 60,000 troops, are participating in the maneuvers.

“All weapons possessed by the Guards' ground force ... including new weapons, will be tested during the war games,'' Gen. MohammadReza Zahedi, commander of the Guards' ground force, was quoted by the official news agency as saying Monday.

In January, the Guards held three days of war games.●