IRNA - Foreign Ministry spokesman said the case of the Iranian fishermen still held captive by the Somali pirates is being investigated by several Iranian government bodies. Speaking in a press conference on Monday, Bahram Qasemi said at least 37 Iranian fishermen were held captive by Somali pirates in 2015. He added several of them managed to ...

Reuters - Somali pirates hijacked an Iranian fishing vessel on Tuesday to use as a base to attack bigger, more valuable ships, the mayor of a Somali town said, part of an upsurge in attacks following years of relative calm. Crews have let security procedures slip in recent years and travel far closer to pirate-infested shores than authorities recommend,...

Press TV- Eight Iranian sailors have been freed from captivity of pirates in Somalia, an Iranian lawmakerhas announced, as efforts continue for the release of the remaining captives. Ali Yar Mohammadi, an Iranian MP said Monday that the eight sailors were freed as a result of negotiations between Senegals embassy in Somalia and the pirates....

Iranian Diplomacy- A new online campaign has once again turned heads to Iranian sailors who were abducted aboard a fishing boat by Somali pirates some two years ago. The campaign gathering momentum on Twitter and Facebook is collecting signatures for a letter addressed to Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, urging him and the countrys diplomatic ...

Alwaght- Somalia's al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabab terrorists have been urged to lay down arms and choose the path to peace, and warned against pledging allegiance to ISIS terrorists. The warning was issued by Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud said in a statement on Wednesday following reports of a dispute within al-Shabab Takfiris on whether ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:     Iran seeks better relations with west, says envoy Ten months after PresidentHassan Rouhanitook office,Iranis emerging from the isolation that followed the repression of the 2009 green movement. During the same period, the US, UN and EU imposed the most crippling sanctions ...

[caption id="attachment_97995" align="alignright" width="210"] This file photo shows IRGC Naval forces patrolling the Persian Gulf waters.[/caption] Naval forces of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have intercepted and impounded a Somali tanker smuggling 500,000 liters of diesel fuel to a Persian Gulf Arab state. The tanker was stopped ...

By Reuters (Reuters) -Iransaid it would set up an embassy in Mogadishu andTurkeypromised to rebuild Somalia's parliament building, as the two neighbors, at odds overSyria, vied for influence in the Horn of Africa country. Somalia has been mired in violence, Islamist militancy and grinding poverty since warlords toppled military dictator Mohamed ...