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Iran Navy Thwarts ‘Pirate Attack’ on Oil Tanker in Gulf of Aden – Report

Iran Navy Thwarts ‘Pirate Attack’ on Oil Tanker in Gulf of Aden – Report

From: JPost

Iran's Navy has reportedly thwarted an attempted "pirate attack" on an oil tanker sailing for the Gulf of Aden, south of Yemen and past the Red Sea, Iranian media has reported.

Four boats, each carrying six armed pirates were en-route to hijacking the tanker, which was heading for the Bab-el Mandeb Strait, but they were warded off by an Iranian Navy squad aboard the vessel, according to Iran's semi-official Tasnim News Agency.

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