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Sat, 07/23/2011 - 14:29
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Iranian Navy Thwarts Repeated Attacks on Cargo Ships in Bab-el-Mandeb
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Navy fleet foiled several pirate attacks on a cargo ship and an oil tanker with timely action in the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait.
According to a statement issued by the Navy's Public Relations office, Iran's 15th fleet of warships saved Dandle cargo ship from an attack by 7 Somali pirate speedboats at around 16:00 hours local time on Wednesday.
The statement added that one and a half hours later, Dandle came under a second attack by 16 other speedboats near the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, but the attack was foiled when the Iranian naval forces started a heavy arm clash with the pirates as a result of which a pirate was gunned down.
In another development, the Iranian Navy fleet thwarted a pirate attack on Abadeh oil tanker with timely action on Thursday, the statement continued.
The Iranian warships initiated timely action after the tanker was attacked by 7 pirate boats.
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.
According to a statement issued by the Navy's Public Relations office, Iran's 15th fleet of warships saved Dandle cargo ship from an attack by 7 Somali pirate speedboats at around 16:00 hours local time on Wednesday.
The statement added that one and a half hours later, Dandle came under a second attack by 16 other speedboats near the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, but the attack was foiled when the Iranian naval forces started a heavy arm clash with the pirates as a result of which a pirate was gunned down.
In another development, the Iranian Navy fleet thwarted a pirate attack on Abadeh oil tanker with timely action on Thursday, the statement continued.
The Iranian warships initiated timely action after the tanker was attacked by 7 pirate boats.
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.
