Le esercitazioni, terrestri, navali e aeree, hanno detto i Guardiani, hanno per obiettivo quello di testare le capacita' del regime per ''preservare la sicurezza nel Golfo Persico, lo stretto di Hormuz e il Golfo di Oman''

This photo released by the semi-official Iranian Fars News Agency, show Revolutionary Guard’s war game in the Persian Gulf, Iran, Thursday, April 22, 2010. Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard on Thursday started large-scale war games in the Persian Gulf and the strategic Strait of Hormuz, state television reported. Iran has been holding military maneuvers in the gulf and the Strait of Hormuz annually since 2006 to show off its military capabilities. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency,Mehdi Marizad) ** EDS NOTE: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS NO WAY OF INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING THE CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. **