Tehran, YJC. Iranian Navy forces rescued a cargo ship of Philippine from a pirate attack in the Gulf of Oman.
The Filipino ship "Panama-Gade” asked for help from the
Iranian forces when pirates on board a number of motorboats equipped with light
weapons chased it for several hours in the Gulf of Oman, according to the
Iranian Navy’s public relations.
The report adds that the Iranian Navy dispatched a special
operation team right away to the area on a frigate and a Ra’d (Thunder) vessel.
The pirates fled the zone seeing the Iranian forces approach,
and the Iranian forces escorted the freight vessel as far as Pakistan’s water
border.
The country’s naval forces have saved vessels from around 20
countries in the international waters from pirate attacks, Iran’s Navy
Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said back in July 2014.
In recent years, Iran’s naval forces have secured their security
griop in the international waters to secure naval routes and also protect
merchant vessels and oil tankers against pirates.
Parallel to international efforts to combat piracy, the
Iranian Navy has launched anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden as well since
November 2008 in a bid to safeguard the ships in the maritime trade section, in
particular the vessels and oil tankers owned or leased by the Islamic Republic.