 The training centers of the Houthis were exposed in Iran. Yemen's Iran-linked rebel armed group, the Houthis, trained at the Khamenei University of Marine Sciences and Technologies near Rasht in Gilan province. The telegraph newspaper published information about this concerning sources in Iran. It is reported that in 2022, the Yemeni Houthis underwent six months of military training at the center under the control of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. At one stage it was reported that the Houthis were isolated in order not to leak information during the exercises in which 200 rebels participated. In addition, it was noted that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps conducted training for Houthi rebels and militants from other countries on the Farah island of Hormuzgan province. Farah Island, a small uninhabited island in the middle of the Persian Gulf, controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, is also used for training Iran's mercenaries. An international coalition has launched patrols in the Red Sea to protect merchant vessels and warned on January 3 that Houthis will bear the responsibility for the consequences should they continue to threaten lives, the global economy, or the free flow of commerce in the region's critical waterways.