Iran proposes defence pact with Gulf states

"Signing a collective defence and security treaty among the Persian Gulf states will guarantee peace and security in the region," he told the Mehr news agency.

"One such pact can include expanding military ties, organizing joint manoeuvres, fighting terrorism, combatting arms and drug trafficking as well as regional security," he said.

Iran has been flexing its military muscles in a new series of war games in its southern Gulf waters since last Thursday -- coinciding with US-led naval manoeuvres in the same region.

Iran's elite revolutionary guards fired, for the first time in manoeuvres, its longer-range Shahab-3 ballistic missile, triggering widespread international concerns.

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