Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. Photo: wiki commons.

Reuters – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday that the Islamist regime’s armed forces should increase their combat capability regardless of political considerations, in an apparent allusion to continuing nuclear talks with the West aimed at easing tension in the Middle East.

“Given our vast maritime borders and the enemy’s huge investments in this area, our armed forces should continuously improve their (combat) readiness, irrespective of political calculations,” Khamenei told a gathering of senior navy officials during a ceremony to mark the “Navy Week” in Iran.

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