Iran Sends 7th Vessel To Aden To Fight Pirates
Bernama / Bernama
17-Mar-2010

 

By: Ramjit

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TEHRAN, March 18 (Bernama) -- The Islamic Republic of Iran's Navy sent
Wednesday the 7th vessel to the Gulf of Aden to fight pirates and
protect the country's shipping lines from piracy, Iranian news agency
IRNA reported.

A number of Iran's Navy commanders as well as country's officials were
in the southern Iranian region of Bandar-Abbas to attend the event.

The Gulf of Aden is located in the Arabian Sea between Yemen on the
south coast of the Arabian Peninsula and Somali land in the Horn of
Africa.

In the northwest, it connects with the Red Sea through the
Bab-el-Mandeb strait, which is about 20 miles wide.

The waterway is part of the important Suez canal shipping route between
the Mediterranean Sea and the Arabian Sea in the Indian Ocean with
21,000 ships crossing the gulf annually.

The gulf is known by the nickname "Pirate Alley" due to the large
amount of pirate activity in the area, making its waters dangerous for
water transport. The main cause of piracy in the gulf is the lack of any
viable government in Somalia.

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