No port bans Iranian vessels presence, says top maritime official
Head of Iranian Ports and Maritime Organization Ali Estiri reiterated that Iranian ships and vessels can move across high seas, adding that no port has banned arrival of Iranian ships.
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TEHRAN (Asremrooz):"Vessels should move across all ports for trade activities and no ship has been seized in international ports due to sanctions," he told ISNA.
Also, Iranian Navy sends vessels and ships across high seas and international waters to protect trade vessels of other countries from any kind of piracy.
The Iranian Navy has been conducting anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden since November 2008, when Somali raiders hijacked the Iranian-chartered cargo ship, MV Delight, off the coast of Yemen.
According to UN Security Council resolutions, different countries can send their warships to the Gulf of Aden and coastal waters of Somalia against the pirates and even with prior notice to Somali government enter the territorial waters of that country in pursuit of Somali sea pirates.
The Gulf of Aden - which links the Indian Ocean with the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea - is an important energy corridor, particularly because Persian Gulf oil is shipped to the West via the Suez Canal.
Also, Iranian Navy sends vessels and ships across high seas and international waters to protect trade vessels of other countries from any kind of piracy.
The Iranian Navy has been conducting anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden since November 2008, when Somali raiders hijacked the Iranian-chartered cargo ship, MV Delight, off the coast of Yemen.
According to UN Security Council resolutions, different countries can send their warships to the Gulf of Aden and coastal waters of Somalia against the pirates and even with prior notice to Somali government enter the territorial waters of that country in pursuit of Somali sea pirates.
The Gulf of Aden - which links the Indian Ocean with the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea - is an important energy corridor, particularly because Persian Gulf oil is shipped to the West via the Suez Canal.
Source : خبرگزاری ISNA
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