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183557
Sun, 05/22/2011 - 08:53
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Iranian Navy Widens Missions in Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian commander announced that the country's Navy has intensified its presence in the international waters North of the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden.
According to a statement by the public relations office of the Iranian Navy, Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Gholam-Reza Khadem Biqam stated that the decision was made after the Navy's successful performance in confronting the inauspicious phenomenon of sea piracy and terrorism.
Biqam further announced that the Iranian Navy's fleet of warships dispatched to the Gulf of Aden had fought back a group of pirates who intended to hijack a Malta-flagged cargo ship, named Dandle, near the eastern coasts of Oman.
He added that the incident was the Iranian Navy's 10th clash with the Somali pirates since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 21).
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 by the public relations office of the Iranian Navy, Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Gholam-Reza Khadem Biqam stated that the decision was made after the Navy's successful performance in confronting the inauspicious phenomenon of sea piracy and terrorism.
Biqam further announced that the Iranian Navy's fleet of warships dispatched to the Gulf of Aden had fought back a group of pirates who intended to hijack a Malta-flagged cargo ship, named Dandle, near the eastern coasts of Oman.
He added that the incident was the Iranian Navy's 10th clash with the Somali pirates since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 21).
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.
