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Iranian Report on Russian Military Maneuver "to Protect Iran From Possible
U.S. Attack"

The Russian military recently held its annual RUBEZH ("Border") maneuver in
the Caspian Sea region. The Iranian website Baztab, affiliated with
Expediency Council Secretary and former Revolutionary Guards commander
Mohsen Rezai, presented the maneuver, based on a report in the Central Asian
press, as aiming to prepare the Russian army to respond to a possible U.S.
military assault on Iran.

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