The Iranian Navy’s 28th fleet of war vessels, which includes the nation’s first super-heavy submarine, has docked at Sri Lanka’s port of Colombo

The Iranian Navy’s 28th fleet of war vessels, which includes the nation's first super-heavy submarine, has docked at Sri Lanka’s port of Colombo.

“The Navy’s 28th flotilla comprising Alborz destroyer, Bandar Abbas auxiliary ship, Younes submarine and a Bell 212 Twin Huey helicopter docked at Sri Lanka’s port of Colombo this morning after [calling at India’s] port city of Mumbai as part of its mission in the Far East,” said the Iranian Navy’s Deputy Commander for Operations Rear Admiral Siavash Jareh on Friday.

He added that eastern parts of the Indian Ocean are important for Iran’s Navy.

“The port of Colombo is among the important ports along the sea transit route to the Far East and East Asian countries and Sri Lanka is one of the countries in the Indian Ocean,” the commander said.

He emphasized that Iran’s Navy has succeeded in displaying the Islamic Republic’s power by dispatching submarines to different locations across the high seas and mastering the complicated technologies used in such vessels.

“Today, the presence of Younes [super-heavy] submarine in the eastern waters of the Indian Ocean is the symbol of the Iranian Navy’s power,” Jareh pointed out.

He said Iran’s 28th fleet of warships has so far travelled more than 2,200 nautical miles and managed to escort 12 trade ships and to identify and track 64 extra-regional military units.