China, Iran, and Russia to hold joint naval drills starting Friday
The maneuvers will take place in the Indian Ocean and the Sea of Oman.
Iranian military personnel stand on a submarine during a naval parade on the last day of the Velayat-90 war game in the Sea of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran January 3, 2012. Iran will take action if a U.S. aircraft carrier which left the area because of Iranian naval exercises retu