TEHRAN, 11 February, 2021 (TON): Ground forces drill began by Iran’s Paramilitary Revolutionary Guard near the Iraqi border on Thursday.

The annual exercise dubbed the “great prophet” is ongoing in the southwest of the country and has aimed at readiness and assessment of forces, said the report.

Drones, helicopters will be used in the drill, too.

In the past month, the Guard conducted a drill and launched anti-warship ballistic missiles at a simulated target in the Indian Ocean.

Iran’s navy fired ballistic missiles as a part of a naval drill on the gulf of Oman, the previous week.

Trump in 2018 unilaterally withdrew the US from Iran’s nuclear deal, in which Tehran had agreed to limit its uranium enrichment in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions.

When the US then increased sanctions, Iran gradually and publicly abandoned the deal’s limits on its nuclear development.

In recent months, Iran has seemingly increased its military drills as the country tries to pressure President Joe Biden over the nuclear accord, which he has said America could reenter.