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 by AFP Staff Writers Tehran (AFP) Aug 10, 2022
An Iranian naval flotilla thwarted an overnight attack on an Iranian vessel in the Red Sea, a senior commander said Wednesday. "The escort flotilla of the naval arm of Iran's armed forces, headed by the destroyer Jamaran... promptly deployed to the scene last night after receiving a request for help from an Iranian ship in the Red Sea, and engaged with the attacking boats," said the navy's deputy head of operations, Rear Admiral Mustafa Tajeddini. "Thanks to the effective (naval) presence and after heavy exchanges, the attacking boats made off," he told state television. Tajeddini did not give details of the ship which was targeted or of who was suspected of mounting the attack. In November 2021, pirates attempted to seize an Iranian oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden, ISNA news agency said at the time. Two weeks earlier, an Iranian warship repelled an attack by pirates against two oil tankers that it was escorting in the Gulf of Aden. Like other countries dependent on the shipping lane through the Red Sea and Suez Canal, Iran stepped up its naval presence in the Gulf of Aden after a wave of attacks by Somalia-based pirates between 2000 and 2011. But the number of attacks has fallen sharply in recent years.
EU expects decision 'very quickly' on Iran deal Brussels (AFP) Aug 9, 2022 The EU said Tuesday it expects Tehran and Washington to "very quickly" respond to a "final" text aimed at salvaging a 2015 deal meant to curb Iran's nuclear programme. "There is no more space for negotiations," a foreign policy spokesman for the bloc, Peter Stano, told journalists in Brussels. "We have a final text. So it's the moment for a decision: yes or no. And we expect all participants to take this decision very quickly." EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, who served as coordinato ... read more
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