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Saturday, March 28, 2015
Iranian Commander Rejects Claims about Iranian Warships Leaving Gulf

Sat Mar 28, 2015 9:51
URGENT:Commander Rejects Claims about Iranian Warships Leaving Gulf of Aden
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13940108000769

TEHRAN (FNA)- Commander of Iran's 33rd fleet of warships Commodore Ahmadi
Kermanshahi categorically rejected an Arab media report alleging that his
flotilla has been driven out of the Gulf of Aden by Egyptian warships.

Commodore Kermnanshahi's remarks came after a news website belonging to a
Persian Gulf Arab state claimed that the Iranian warships were forced to
leave the region after receiving a warning from Egyptian warships.

"Our warships had no contact with Egyptian vessels and when the website was
making these allegations, they were in India's Cochin port," the Iranian
Navy commander said.

He underlined that the presence of Iran's naval warships in the Gulf of Aden
is aimed at establishing security for cargo ships and sending message of
peace and friendship to the regional countries.

The Iranian Navy's 33rd flotilla of warships, comprises of martyr
vice-admiral Naqdi destroyer and Bandar Abbas logistic warship.

The Iranian flotilla has several missions, including cadet training, and
Commodore Ahmadi Kermanshahi said that the Navy cadets are undergoing
practical training during the several-thousand-kilometer-long voyage.

The 33rd fleet of warships left Bandar Abbas port in Southern Iran for the
Gulf of Aden late February to protect the country's cargo ships and oil
tankers against 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.

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