Iranian Vessels Rescued

The Indian Navy responded to a pirate attack in the Arabian Sea and rescued an Iranian fishing vessel and its crew of 23 Pakistani nationals in an over 12-hour-long anti-piracy operation.

Navy officials said that swift response by the Indian Navy's warship INS Sumitra ensured the safe release of the hijacked vessel and its crew.

Iranian coastguards rescued 11 Indian sailors whose vessel, en route to Oman, sank due to bad weather conditions, state media reported on Wednesday.

The two Indians on board an Iranian cargo vessel "Shabahang," which sank near the Lankaran port in Baku on Friday, were rescued along with seven of their Iranian crew members, according to the Deputy Head of Iran Ports and Maritime Organisation.

Iranian naval forces have rescued an American commercial vessel that was attacked by several pirate boats near the Gulf of Aden, Press TV reported on Thursday. The Public Affairs Office of the navy said in a statement on Thursday that after receiving a distress signal from the American vessel, a naval fleet of the Iranian navy, which was on a patro...

Just days after Iranian leaders warned the US to keeps its aircraft carriers out of the Persian Gulf, a US Navy ship that had just finished operations in the Gulf rescued an Iranian fishing boat that had been commandeered by suspected Somali pirates.

The Indian Navy today foiled a piracy attack after it rescued merchant vessel MV Nafis-1, approximately 170 nautical miles west of Mumbai. The Iranian-flagged vessel had been located by the Navy's Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft on August 12, which thereafter kept it under continuous surveillance.INS Mysore, a guided missile destroyer, was di...

The Indian Navy responded to a pirate attack in the Arabian Sea and rescued an Iranian fishing vessel and its crew of 23 Pakistani nationals in an over 12-hour-long anti-piracy operation.

Navy officials said that swift response by the Indian Navy's warship INS Sumitra ensured the safe release of the hijacked vessel and its crew.

Iranian coastguards rescued 11 Indian sailors whose vessel, en route to Oman, sank due to bad weather conditions, state media reported on Wednesday.

The two Indians on board an Iranian cargo vessel "Shabahang," which sank near the Lankaran port in Baku on Friday, were rescued along with seven of their Iranian crew members, according to the Deputy Head of Iran Ports and Maritime Organisation.

Iranian naval forces have rescued an American commercial vessel that was attacked by several pirate boats near the Gulf of Aden, Press TV reported on Thursday. The Public Affairs Office of the navy said in a statement on Thursday that after receiving a distress signal from the American vessel, a naval fleet of the Iranian navy, which was on a patro...

Just days after Iranian leaders warned the US to keeps its aircraft carriers out of the Persian Gulf, a US Navy ship that had just finished operations in the Gulf rescued an Iranian fishing boat that had been commandeered by suspected Somali pirates.

The Indian Navy today foiled a piracy attack after it rescued merchant vessel MV Nafis-1, approximately 170 nautical miles west of Mumbai. The Iranian-flagged vessel had been located by the Navy's Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft on August 12, which thereafter kept it under continuous surveillance.INS Mysore, a guided missile destroyer, was di...