On Wednesday, the Fars news agency reported that Iran and Russia will conduct exercises on February 19 in the Gulf of Oman and the northern Indian Ocean aimed at enhancing regional security.
"As part of joint naval exercises, special forces of the Russian Navy, the Iranian Navy, and the IRGC Navy successfully conducted exercises to rescue a vessel hijacked by pirates," the IRGC said in a statement on Thursday.
The operation included locating the hijacked vessel, boarding it, neutralizing and arresting the pirates, and then fully releasing the vessel, the statement added.