Iran's military to hold air defence drills - IRNA

TEHRAN, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Iran plans to hold air defence manoeuvres involving both its elite Revolutionary Guards and the regular armed forces, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.

It said the war games would be staged during the Iranian week that started on Saturday but did not give any further details.

Iran often holds defence drills and announces advances in military capabilities in a bid to show its readiness to counter any military threats over its disputed nuclear programme.

The United States and Israel -- Iran's arch enemies -- have not ruled out military action if diplomacy fails to resolve the row over nuclear work that the West suspects is aimed at making bombs.

Iran, which says its nuclear programme is a peaceful drive to generate electricity, has threatened to hit back at Israel and U.S. bases in the Gulf if it were attacked.

(Reporting by Hashem Kalantari; writing by Fredrik Dahl; editing by Ralph Gowling)