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By Aynur Jafarova

Iran will hold an air defense exercises "Defenders of the Sky of our Province - 5" in the second half of this solar year (started on March 21), Commander of the Air Defense Staff Hatemul-Enbia of the Iranian Armed Forces General Farzad Ismaili said, Tasnim information website reported.

According to Ismaili, Defenders of the Sky of our Province - 5 air defense exercises compared with the same exercises held in November of last year will be more ambitious event.

"During this exercises we will test the latest achievements in the field of air defense," Ismaili said.

The general went on to say that Hazem-3 unmanned aerial vehicle will also be tested during this exercises.

Iran has recently been conducting air defense exercises entitled "Defenders of the sky of our province." Four similar exercises have been held in various provinces of Iran so far.

Furthermore, Iranian Air Defense Staff will inaugurate a specialized university for air defense, FARS news agency reported on Wednesday.

The university, which will be called Hatemul Enbia, will be located at the educational and training center of the Iranian Armed Forces.

Work on the university's establishment is underway. The university will hold specialized air defense exercises.

The Iranian Army has recently test-fired different types of newly-developed missiles and torpedoes and tested a large number of its domestic made weapons, tools and equipments, including submarines, military ships, artillery, choppers, aircraft, UAVs and air defense and electronic systems during massive military drills.