Iran's navy commander said that Iran plans to hold a major naval war game in the international waters, the local daily Tehran Times reported Sunday.

Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari told a press conference on Saturday that the war game, to be held in the Sea of Oman and the north of the Indian Ocean in the near future, differs from previous ones in terms of the vastness of the area of action and military equipment and tactics that would be employed in the maneuver.

The war game, code-named Velayat 90, will display Iran's defensive and deterrent naval power, Sayyari was quoted as saying.

Iran has already held a number of war games in the Persian Gulf and the strait of Hormuz in the face of threats from western counties and their regional allies.

In recent years, the Iranian navy has dispatched a number of warships to international waters and has invited regional states to hold joint war games in the regional waters.

In February, two Iranian warships entered the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal, which raised concerns from the United States and Israel.