Iran was planning to build a naval base at the South Pole, its naval chief said on Thursday. “Our plan in the future is to raise the proud flag of Iran in Antarctica,” Navy chief Adm Shahram Irani said during Iran’s “sacred defense” week. Tehran hopes to conduct “military and scientific” work at the South Pole, he added, addressing the 86th flotilla, which returned in June from voyages to prepare for an Antarctic expedition.
