[Iran Press TV Latest] The Iranian Navy has successfully finished its first patrol mission in the piracy-infested waters off Somali and the Gulf of Aden. In line with the international efforts against piracy, Tehran deployed two warships in the troubled region in May to confront pirates to safeguard the maritime trade in particular ships and oil tankers owned or leased by Iran. | What an opportunity to transfer excess Al Qaeda staff from Iran to Somalia via the pirate underground railroad. I imagine President Ahmadenijad is tired of Osama bin Laden's favourite son moaning about being a hostage and missing all the jihadi fun. |
| "Into the rubber boat wit yez, sonny!" "But I don't wanna ..." [THUMP] "Git in dat boat and don't come back!" |
The commander said pirates in the Gulf of Aden had planned to hijack an Iranian oil tanker named Hadi but Iranian warships arrived in the scene on time to rescue it to prevent a $140 million loss.
On Monday, Iran's Deputy Naval Commander, Gholam-Reza Khadem, said Iran dispatched two other warships to replace aging vessels.