UN Sec. Gen. expresses concern over clashes in Yemen’s Aden
MNA – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday expressed concern over the violent clashes in Yemen’s Aden and urged the parties to…
Tag Archives: Gulf of Aden
Abe Iran visit: From negotiation bid to Oman tanker attacks
June 16, The Iran Project – Following US President Donald Trump’s trip to Japan, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took a two-day…
Iranian navy thwarts pirate attack on oil tanker: state TV
Reuters – Iranian naval forces intervened to repel pirates who attacked an Iranian oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden, state television…
Iran offers to cooperate with Turkey to ensure security of Gulf of Aden
IRNA- Iran is willing to cooperate with Turkey to provide security of the Gulf of Aden should the country express readiness, the…
Iran deploys fleet to Gulf of Aden as Rouhani threatens to block Hormuz Strait
Sputnik – Tehran earlier warned Washington against limiting its energy exports, vowing to otherwise close the exit from the Persian Gulf. Considering…
Navy official says 53 Iranian squadrons present in Aden Gulf, Bab-el-Mandeb
MNA – A deputy official at Iran’s Navy, Rear Admiral Hossein Ghahramani, said Fri. that 53 Iranian naval squadrons comprising warships and…
Pirates receiving information, equipment: Iran Naval Force Cmdr
IRNA – The Naval force Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran considers the presence of pirates in the Gulf of Aden…
IMO praises Iran’s role in establishment of security in Gulf of Aden
FNA – The International Maritime Organization (IMO) lauded Iran for its efforts to fight against the Somalian pirates and establish security in…
Iranian Naval flotilla on way to Gulf of Aden
Tasnim– The Iranian Navy’s 54th flotilla of warships is on an overseas mission to international waters. The naval fleet, comprising the Kharg…
Iran Navy repels pirate attack in Gulf of Aden
Press TV – Iranian naval forces have thwarted a pirate attack on one of the country’s merchant vessels in the Gulf of…
Iranian flotilla returns home after overseas mission
Tasnim – The Iranian Navy’s 47th flotilla came back to the country on Saturday after a mission that took more than two…
‘Fighting in Gulf of Aden’: New game shows Iran’s navy crushing pirates
Sputnik – A computer game just unveiled by Iran’s Amytis Entertainment Company is about the Iranian Navy fighting modern-day buccaneers in the…
Iran sends its warships to the Gulf of Aden, here’s why
Sputnik – On Sunday, Iran’s 47th Navy flotilla, comprised of Alborz destroyer and Bushehr logistic warship, set sail on its voyage to…
Gulf of Aden states seeking to obstruct Iran’s naval presence: Commander
Tasnim– The Gulf of Aden littoral states are making deliberate attempts to disrupt the presence of Iranian naval flotillas in high seas,…
Iranian Navy provides security for 4,000 ships in int’l waters: Commander
IRNA – Fifty five flotillas have been dispatched so far to the Gulf of Aden to provide security for some 4,000 commercial…
Iranian Navy’s flotilla sets sail for Gulf of Aden
Tasnim– The Iranian Navy’s 46th flotilla of warships left the country’s southern waters off the port city of Bandar Abbas for an…
Iran escorted over 3,800 ships in Gulf of Aden: Navy chief
Press TV- Iran’s Navy chief says its forces have escorted 3,844 commercial ships to ensure their safe passage in the Gulf of Aden,…
Navy’s 44th fleet thwarts pirate attacks in Gulf of Aden
TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) – Iran’s 44th naval fleet has foiled pirate attacks on two Iranian tankers during days of its presence…
Iran dispatches naval fleet to waters off Yemeni coast
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Navy has deployed a fleet of warships to international waters for a mission that includes presence in the…
Iran’s new naval flotilla dispatched to Gulf of Aden: Commander
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Navy’s 40th flotilla of warships has left for the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea on a…
Navy gives safe passage to Iran commercial fleet in Gulf of Aden
Kish Island, Hormuzgan prov, Dec 24, IRNA – Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said naval forces have successfully provided safe passage…
37th flotilla of Iran navy to be sent to Gulf of Aden soon
TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian Navy plans to send its 37th flotilla to the Gulf of Aden on December 1st, said Iranian Navy Commander…
Yemeni forces destroy Saudi warship in Bab al-Mandab Strait
Yemeni army soldiers backed by allied popular committees loyal to Ansarullah fighters have launched a missile attack against a Saudi warship and…
Navy dispatches 36th Fleet to Gulf of Aden
Bandar Abbas, Sept 17, IRNA – Iran’s Navy dispatched its 36th Fleet to the Gulf of Aden on Thursday to help protect…
4 pirate attacks on cargo ships thwarted by Iranian warships in Gulf of Aden
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian Navy commander announced that the country’s 35th flotilla of warships has foiled 4 pirate attacks on Iranian…
Saudi-UAE Plot to Divide Aden
Alwaght- While Saudi Arabia has failed in its five-month aggression against Yemen, now it has given a stronger role to the United…
Commander: Navy ensuring safe passage for Iran’s trade vessels
Tehran, Aug 25, IRNA — Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari lauded his forces for their success in repelling pirate attacks and…
Iran Navy foils pirate attacks on vessels in Gulf of Aden
A high-ranking Iranian Navy commander says the country’s naval forces have successfully saved two merchant vessels from pirate attacks in the Gulf of…
Off the coast of Iran, a high-stakes version of spy versus spy
MANAMA, Bahrain — The commander of the Navy’s Fifth Fleet was in his office on the afternoon of July 25 when he…
Iran Navy foils pirate attack on vessel in Gulf of Aden
The Iranian Navy has successfully thwarted a pirate attack on a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Aden, Navy Commander Rear Admiral…
Iranian navy’s 35th flotilla of warships sets sail for Gulf of Aden
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian Navy on Monday deployed its 35th flotilla of warships to the international waters in the Gulf of…
Iran’s navy repels pirate attack on trade ship in Gulf of Aden
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Navy commandos on Thursday thwarted an attack by pirates against one of the country’s trade vessels in two…
34th Iran fleet docks at Omani port
Tehran, June 8, IRNA – The 34th Iranian fleet berthed at the Omani port of Muscat on Monday after spending 59 days…
Navy commander: Iranian flotilla present in Gulf of Aden
Tehran, May 24, IRNA – The Commander of Navy said that 34th flotilla of Iranian Navy is still present in the Gulf…
Iran’s aid ship enters Gulf of Aden
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An Iranian cargo ship carrying humanitarian supplies for war-hit people of Yemen entered the international waters in the Gulf…
Iran’s navy shoos away US, French aircraft, warships in Gulf of Aden
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian naval forces warned American and French forces on Saturday to stay away from Iran’s 34th fleet of warships,…
Iran daily: Supreme Leader adopts northern Irish hunger striker to bash Britain & “Empires”
In an intervention on social media on Tuesday, the Supreme Leader’s office invoked Northern Irish hunger striker Bobby Sands, who died in…
Iran warns off US destroyer, spy planes in Gulf of Aden
An Iranian destroyer has warned off a US warship and a couple of reconnaissance aircraft in the strategic Gulf of Aden. On Monday,…
Iran recommends US to escort its ships in Gulf of Aden not Persian Gulf
TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iran’s Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said Persian Gulf is fully safe, recommending the US to escort its ships…
Navy commander: Iranian warships on patrolling mission in Bab Al-Mandab strait
TEHRAN (FNA)- Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari announced that Iranian warships are carrying out patrolling missions in Bab al-Mandab Strait, the…