Iranian Navy Plans to Head for Antarctica

In a press conference, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari stated that his goal is for Iranian naval ships to extend their reach as far as Antarctica.

The move is part of the country's aim of becoming a world naval power.

Earlier the admiral had stated that they plan to regularly patrol the coasts of the US, by the end of 2014.

In 2008 they began to patrol the Gulf of Aden, and in 2011 they crossed into the Mediterranean, for the first time in decades.

The Indian Ocean also became a place for their navy to patrol, in 2012.

Iran is also working on building a nuclear submarine, despite their promises that their nuclear program is purely for peaceful means.