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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari underlined the country's powerful presence in international waters, and said Iran is in control in 5 important world waterways.
Farsnews
"The world has 9 important waterways and Iran controls 5 of them," Sayyari said in a meeting with a delegation of Pakistani military cadets in Tehran on Tuesday.
He underlined the importance of security in the Gulf of Aden and free waters to Iran, and said the Iranian fleet of warships have had 200 anti-piracy combats and arrested pirates in three cases so far.
Elsewhere, Sayyari warned that the US and its allies are seeking to create insecurity in the region to justify their deployment in the regional waters, and said, "The security of every region should be established by the countries of that region; we don't want to deploy in the Gulf of Aden under the command of another country, although we are ready for close cooperation with the regional states."
The Iranian Navy has been conducting anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden since November 2008, when Somali raiders hijacked the Iranian-chartered cargo ship, MV Delight, off the coast of Yemen.
Farsnews
"The world has 9 important waterways and Iran controls 5 of them," Sayyari said in a meeting with a delegation of Pakistani military cadets in Tehran on Tuesday.
He underlined the importance of security in the Gulf of Aden and free waters to Iran, and said the Iranian fleet of warships have had 200 anti-piracy combats and arrested pirates in three cases so far.
Elsewhere, Sayyari warned that the US and its allies are seeking to create insecurity in the region to justify their deployment in the regional waters, and said, "The security of every region should be established by the countries of that region; we don't want to deploy in the Gulf of Aden under the command of another country, although we are ready for close cooperation with the regional states."
The Iranian Navy has been conducting anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden since November 2008, when Somali raiders hijacked the Iranian-chartered cargo ship, MV Delight, off the coast of Yemen.
