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194761
Wed, 07/13/2011 - 11:17
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Commander: Navy to Continue Expansion of Military Might in Foreign Waters
TEHRAN (FNA)- Lieutenant Commander of Iran's Navy Rear Admiral Seyed Mahmoud Moussavi praised the Iranian flotilla of warships dispatched to the international waters for their success in accomplishing their missions, and announced that the Navy will continue similar missions in future.
Addressing the closing ceremony of the first Strategic Navy Conference in Tehran on July 12, Moussavi said the navy is capable of protecting Iran's "strategic interests" and expanding its military might in international waters.
The army commander further pointed to dispatching of the country's naval groups to international waters, and said, "Iran's Navy is prepared to have presence in any location necessary to protect the interests of the country."
Early in July, Iran's Yunes submarine, sailing alongside warships of the 14th fleet of the Iranian Navy, returned home following an almost two-month-long mission in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
The deployment of Iranian military submarine in the Red Sea was the first such operation by the country's navy in far-off waters.
Iran has also deployed warships in the Red Sea to combat Somali pirates.
The Iranian Navy has been conducting anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden since November 2008, when Somali raiders hijacked the Iranian-chartered cargo ship, MV Delight, off the coast of Yemen.
According to UN Security Council resolutions, different countries can send their warships to the Gulf of Aden and coastal waters of Somalia against the pirates and even with prior notice to Somali government enter the territorial waters of that country in pursuit of Somali sea pirates.
The Gulf of Aden - which links the Indian Ocean with the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea - is an important energy corridor, particularly because Persian Gulf oil is shipped to the West via the Suez Canal.
Addressing the closing ceremony of the first Strategic Navy Conference in Tehran on July 12, Moussavi said the navy is capable of protecting Iran's "strategic interests" and expanding its military might in international waters.
The army commander further pointed to dispatching of the country's naval groups to international waters, and said, "Iran's Navy is prepared to have presence in any location necessary to protect the interests of the country."
Early in July, Iran's Yunes submarine, sailing alongside warships of the 14th fleet of the Iranian Navy, returned home following an almost two-month-long mission in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
The deployment of Iranian military submarine in the Red Sea was the first such operation by the country's navy in far-off waters.
Iran has also deployed warships in the Red Sea to combat Somali pirates.
The Iranian Navy has been conducting anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden since November 2008, when Somali raiders hijacked the Iranian-chartered cargo ship, MV Delight, off the coast of Yemen.
According to UN Security Council resolutions, different countries can send their warships to the Gulf of Aden and coastal waters of Somalia against the pirates and even with prior notice to Somali government enter the territorial waters of that country in pursuit of Somali sea pirates.
The Gulf of Aden - which links the Indian Ocean with the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea - is an important energy corridor, particularly because Persian Gulf oil is shipped to the West via the Suez Canal.
