Iran has employed the eastern Mediterranean for the transport of rockets and missiles to Hizbullah. Israeli officials said Iran has been sending heavy weapons to Hizbullah via the sea. They said Iranian shipments began in Bandar Abbas, through the Persian Gulf, Red Sea and into the Mediterranean. The Iranian weapons ships anchor in Syria where they are unloaded and transported overland to Lebanon, officials said. They said Iran has used the Syrian port of Latakia, a major port of the former Soviet Union. Officials said Israel has urged the United States to stop the Iranian weapons shipments. But they said the U.S. Sixth Fleet has permitted the Iranian ships to arrive in Latakia.