Anadolu Agency:

Iran on Sunday welcomed back a Navy flotilla comprising Moudge-class frigate Dena and Makran forward base ship after a round-the-world cruise amid tensions with the US.

At a ceremony held in the southern coastal city of Bandar Abbas, the crew members of the Iranian Navy’s 86th flotilla were received by top Iranian army officials, including chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri.

The two-ship surface group, according to Iranian media, broke the record for the distance covered by an Iranian flotilla in international waters and came amid tensions with the US.

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