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Iranian Navy drives off pirates from super tanker in Gulf of Suez

2011-04-28 00:00:00

IRANIAN warships have fought off a pirate attack launched in the Gulf of Aden against the Maltese flagged 298,731-ton Iran Najm super tanker, operated by National Iranian Tanker Company, on its short run from Kharg Island, Iran, off the Straits of Hormuz to Ain Sukhna, Egypt in the Gulf of Suez.


Tanker Operator reported this was the fourth attack on an Iranian vessel since March 21, adding that the Iranian Navy has been conducting anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden since November 2008.
(Source:http://www.schednet.com)