Tehran, Feb 4, IRNA - Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs Hossein Zolfaqari said on Wednesday that the Iranian fishermen who were detained by Turkmenistan are alive and not shot at by security forces. On November 6th, 2014, a group of the Iranian fishermen mistakenly entered Turkmenistans territorial waters due to stormy weather and were ...

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TEHRAN (Tasnim) A top Iranian Navy commander announced that the Navy forces have rescued 14 kidnapped Iranian fishermen stranded in international waters. Lieutenant Navy Commander for Operations Admiral Siavash Jarreh said the Navys 29th Fleet rescued fishermen of a fishing dhow who had been attacked by pirates earlier. He said the dhow had been ...