Reuters - An Iranian sailor held hostage by Somali pirates was dying of malnutrition, a former British army officer who helped negotiate his release told Reuters on Sunday. Three other Iranian hostages remain in Somalia. This guy was dying he looked like a skeleton. He was bleeding internally. He had severe malnutrition. I suspect the others are ...

IFP - Irans Intelligence Ministry has shed some light on a covert operation in Somalia that recently led to the release of four Iranian fishermen held captive by pirates. Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi said on Thursday that his ministrys agentssecured the fishermens releasethrough a long process and despite tight security controls by ...

IFP- Four Iranian fishermen taken captive by pirates in international waters near Somalia have been released by Irans intelligence forces. Iranian intelligence agents secured the fishermens release through a long process and despite tight security controls by the pirates. The Iranian forces managed to set the captives free and bring them back ...

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....

(CNN)-Somali pirates successfully attacked an Iranian and a Thai fishing vessel over the past 24 hours, although one crew escaped, an anti-piracy expert said. There were another two unsuccessful attempts this month. In March, another two vessels, both Iranian, called the Jaber and the Siraj, were captured just off the Somali coast. The crew of ...

Somali pirates holding Iranian sailor Shahryar Ali Abadi hostage since 2010 have threatened to kill him today, 10 December, unless they receive $100,000 for his release. In September 2010 Shahryar boarded the Malaysian-flagged cargo shipAlbedo, rented by an Iranian, bound for a two-week voyage to Kenya. The rest of the crew included Pakistani, ...