Iran, China and Russia will launch a joint military operation Monday called "Security Belt 2025," designed to promote security and trilateral cooperation in the Indian Ocean.

"Warships and combat and support vessels of the Chinese and Russian naval forces, as well as the warships of Iran's naval forces of the army and the Revolutionary Guards," the ideological arm of Iran's military, are expected to participate, according to Tasnim.

For the fifth consecutive year, warships from these three countries are gathering starting this Monday in waters near the Iranian port of Chabahar, in the Gulf of Oman. Amid a rapidly changing geopolitical landscape,