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    Report: Iran navy rescues tanker from pirates

    TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's state TV reports that the country's navy has opened fire on pirates to foil an attack on an Iranian oil tanker near the Gulf of Aden.

    The late Sunday report says the Iranian navy rushed to the site earlier in the day after it received a distress signal from the tanker, which was under attack from some 35 pirate boats.

    The report says the pirate boats fled after the Iranian forces opened fire. It did not report any casualties.

    From time to time, Iran announces the rescue of Iranian and other vessels from pirate attacks.

    Iranian vessels are part of an international flotilla of warships that patrols the Gulf of Aden near the entrance to the Red Sea, to protect shipping from Somalia-based pirates.

     

    62 comments

    • ralph  •  3 mths ago
      them brillo heads make good target practice
    • Vinman  •  St James, New York  •  3 mths ago
      Good Job. Next time make sure you blow there vessels out of the water! Run them down!
    • trickytrunk  •  Cleveland, Ohio  •  3 mths ago
      remember the pirates are infected
    • Bong  •  Hong Kong, Hong Kong  •  3 mths ago
      Good well done Iranian Navy, Safe of Life at sea is the priority of all nations seaman priority without any limited to nationality and whether you are in merchant navy or navy vessel.
    • tom  •  Dekalb, Illinois  •  3 mths ago
      Kuddos to the Iranians. Hope they didn't take any prisoners, and the pirates are sleeping with the fishes!!!
    • a  •  3 mths ago
      Iran has the right idea,opened fire.
      • Janey 3 mths ago
        To bad they didn't hit anything......Janey
      • Mehrdad 3 mths ago
        Did the American navy hit or kill any pirates when they rescued some fishing vessels last month? which bombed the international media?. i guess there's no point looking for dead bodies and sank boats in important waterways, yet its a stupid act once the Iranian navy has done it.
      • Alan 3 mths ago
        Mehrdad doesn't make much sense but then again he's posting from Iran. Yes the American Navy last month captured the 15 pirates that had your 13 fishermen captive. They gave up and we didn't kill any but the joke here is that there were supposedly 35 pirate boats and you couldn't capture one? really? Yes the US navy has captured them previously, yes we have killed pirates previously (and successfully saved the hostages). We do what's necessary but I think everyone knows this was a #$%$ scenario. 35 pirate boats indeed.... lol
    • ert_medic  •  Los Angeles, California  •  3 mths ago
      i hope the 2 Iranian Supply Ships hauling around all the spare parts for their single Destroyer weren't damaged in the process.
    • tim  •  Richmond, Virginia  •  3 mths ago
      While I beleive they aided the ship, and good job. I find it hard to beleive there were 35 pirate ships, no casualties, and the pirates hadn't taken the tanker over with those numbers. Were they unarmed?
      • edkic 3 mths ago
        probably 35 pirates on a ship
      • Janey 3 mths ago
        One row boat, 35 cubans lost looking for Miami......Janey
    • Wilson  •  Shenyang, China  •  3 mths ago
      Brenda M"s meds wore off....
    • Tax the church  •  3 mths ago
      They had 35 boats and 10,000 pirates but we scared them away with our powerful navy.
    • Jeffrey  •  New York, New York  •  3 mths ago
      staged!
    • riprap  •  New York, New York  •  3 mths ago
      Iran probably fabricated this event.
      • oliver a 3 mths ago
        And you must be a zionist pig...aren't you?
      • riprap 3 mths ago
        OliverA, do you hate Jews? The young, the old, rich, and the poor? Did your parents teach you this hate, or did you learn it on the street? I feel sorry for you.
      • Banana Kiwi 3 mths ago
        Riprap, he doesn't hate "Jews", he just thinks that we don't deserve to live in peace the way he does.
    • chris  •  3 mths ago
      35 pirate boats? sounds like a lie.
    • Torn  •  Wichita, Kansas  •  3 mths ago
      35 boats? Did they mean 35 pirates? Highly suspect, considering most attacks on shipping are no more than 3 boats and that includes the so called "mother ship". Do you think maybe Iran prevaricates a little bit? Nah of course not! LMAO.
      • Janey 3 mths ago
        I'm from Ky. Does "prevarictes" mean lie? ...Janey
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Kansas City, Missouri  •  3 mths ago
      liars
    • John  •  3 mths ago
      Don't they mean the Iranian navy "rowed to the site" instead of rushed to the site?
    • John  •  3 mths ago
      I can just see the crew on the USS Abraham Lincoln all standing on the deck of the carrier and watching in amusement as the worlds' 35th most powerful navy springs into action!
      • The RiverMaster 3 mths ago
        They were starting a pool as to which Chris Craft flipped first.
    • Greg  •  Denver, Colorado  •  3 mths ago
      The Iranian Navy is so Barney Fife that are we sure the "pirate" boats weren't actually elements of the Iranian Navy themselves??
    • Randy  •  Scottsville, Virginia  •  3 mths ago
      35 pirate boats and they couldn't sink one... really?
    • Mark  •  Ocala, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      Key words are "Iranian Tanker"
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