TEHRAN, Sept 3 (NNN-TASNIM) – The Iranian Navy briefly seized two “surveillance vessels” of the U.S. Navy in the Red Sea on Thursday, Iran’s state TV reported yesterday.
On Thursday, while carrying out a counter-terrorism mission in the Red Sea, the Iranian Navy’s destroyer, Jamaran, encountered U.S. unmanned surveillance vessels on the international shipping route, according to the report.
“After warning the American side twice, to prevent possible accidents, the Jamaran destroyer seized the two (surveillance) vessels,” it said.
“After securing the international shipping route, the 84th Naval Group of the (Iranian) Army released the two vessels in a safe area and warned the American fleet not to repeat similar cases,” it added.
The 84th Navy Group of the Iranian Army has been stationed in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden for the past two months.
On Tuesday, Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy, briefly seized a straying U.S. unmanned vessel in the Gulf, to secure a shipping line and prevent accidents.
