Pirate attack foiled by Iranian navy

Published: Feb. 25, 2012 at 1:20 PM



TEHRAN, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Iranian naval forces foiled a pirate attack on an oil tanker Saturday near the Gulf of Aden, officials say.
Six Somali pirate speedboats attacked the oil tanker 35 miles north of the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. A swift retaliation by naval forces caused pirates to flee the scene, Iran's Fars News Agency reported.
Since November 2008, the Iranian navy has

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