Navy safeguarding Iranian ship carrying humanitarian aid to Yemen
Code: 81606048 (4651490) | Date: 12/05/2015 | Time: 17:50|
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Tehran, May 12, IRNA – Navy is safeguarding 'Iran Shahed' ship, the Iranian
vessel carrying humanitarian supplies to the war-stricken people of Yemen,
according to Rear Admiral Hossein Azad, the commander of the first zone of
the Navy.

Iran Shahed ship left the Port of Shahid Rajaei in southern Iran for Yemen
after loading humanitarian supplies in the Iranian commercial port on
Monday.

Airstrikes on Yemen by a Saudi-led coalition have killed and wounded
thousands of innocent people of the country so far.

Rear Admiral Azad told IRNA that the 34th fleet of the navy, which is
present in the Gulf of Aden and Bab el-Mandeb Strait, provides special
support for Iranian vessels carrying humanitarian aid.

This fleet escorts Iranian commercial vessels and tankers, and also
safeguards ships from other nations whenever deemed necessary, Azad said,
citing the saving of a ship owned by Hong Kong from pirates by the 34th
fleet of the Iranian Navy.

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