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Summary Iran's military announced on Monday it has launched four days of manoeuvres.
The exercises are aimed at boosting anti-air defences protecting its nuclear sites in the south of the country.These exercises aim to reinforce the integrated abilities of the countrys anti-air defences, said a statement from the Katem-ol-Anbia military air base that coordinates Irans anti-air and ballistic missile systems.The declaration, reported by the official news agency IRNA, came as officials from the UN nuclear watchdog were holding talks in Tehran on Irans suspect nuclear programme which has unsettled the West and Israel.It also coincided with increasing speculation that Israel was mulling air strikes on Irans nuclear facilities.—AFP
