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Chabahar Port, Iran – 11 March 2025
1. Various of Chinese warship Baotou and naval officers arriving at Iranian port of Chabahar for joint naval drill
2. Various of sailors welcoming Chinese warship and waving flags of Iran and China
3. Various of Chinese marines and sailors on deck
4. Wide of sailors welcoming Chinese warship, holding banner written in Chinese
5. Various of Chinese marines and sailors on deck
6. Various of ship docking
7. Chinese captain being welcomed by Iranian naval officer
8. Mid of Iranian naval officer welcoming Chinese captain (no names given), UPSOUND (Farsi) "Welcome to Iran and the strategic port of Chabahar and and Makoran coasts. God willing these drills pave the way for global peace and security. Have a nice stay in our dear country Iran."
9. Wide of Chinese warship
10. Mid of camera operators and journalist
11. Close of camera screen showing Iran’s navy commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani
12. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, Iran’s navy commander:
"In this phase of the drill we have taken steps to boost not only our defensive capability but also our offensive power. Thanks to God we have achieved the objectives we had outlined."
13. Wide of press conference
14. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, Iran’s navy commander:
"Certainly this bully (the U.S), who in our opinion behaves like a bully, is not interested in seeing other countries work together, support each other and prioritize the interests of their own people. They are still under the illusion that things still operate as they did 100 or 200 years ago."
15. Wide of press conference
16. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, Iran’s navy commander:
"We will not accept any bullying behavior, and we will certainly drive the region in a direction where culturally rich nations who have a correct understanding of today’s world will be in charge of establishing security in the region. Rest assured that they will be forced to either accept this or leave the region and be stationed somewhere else."
17. Wide of press conference, camera screen
STORYLINE:
China, Iran and Russia conducted joint naval drills Tuesday in the Middle East, offering a show of force in a region still uneasy over Tehran’s rapidly expanding nuclear program and as Yemen’s Houthi rebels threaten new attacks on ships.
The joint drills, called the Maritime Security Belt 2025, took place in the Gulf of Oman near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of all crude oil traded worldwide passes.
The area around the strait in the past has seen Iran seize commercial ships and launch suspected attacks in the time since President Donald Trump first unilaterally withdrew America from Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers.
Tuesday’s exercise marked the fifth year the three countries took part in joint drills. It follows days of rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran as Trump seeks a new nuclear deal.
However, both China and Russia have deep interests in Iran.
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