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Iranian Navy to Set New Record in Submarine Missions in High Seas
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian commander announced that the country's Navy plans to dispatch its submarines to several-month-long missions in the high seas in the near future.
The Iranian Navy submarine 'Younus' managed to set a new record in sailing the international waters and high seas for 68 days.
Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said that his forces plan to increase the record to 90 days.
Sayyari added that the issue was raised during a recent visit by the Commander-in-Chief of Iranian Armed Force, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, to the country's first naval zone in Southern port city of Bandar Abbas.
Pointing to the successful mission of Younus, the commander said that the submarine could accomplish its 68-day-long mission successfully due to the efforts made by local experts and despite all international and western sanctions against the country.
Iran's Younus submarine, sailing alongside warships of the 14th fleet of the Iranian Navy, returned home in early June following an over two-month-long mission in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
The deployment of the Iranian 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.
The Iranian Navy submarine 'Younus' managed to set a new record in sailing the international waters and high seas for 68 days.
Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said that his forces plan to increase the record to 90 days.
Sayyari added that the issue was raised during a recent visit by the Commander-in-Chief of Iranian Armed Force, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, to the country's first naval zone in Southern port city of Bandar Abbas.
Pointing to the successful mission of Younus, the commander said that the submarine could accomplish its 68-day-long mission successfully due to the efforts made by local experts and despite all international and western sanctions against the country.
Iran's Younus submarine, sailing alongside warships of the 14th fleet of the Iranian Navy, returned home in early June following an over two-month-long mission in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
The deployment of the Iranian 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.
