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July 3rd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Deputy Commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Gholamreza Khadem Bigham said on Tuesday that the Iranian tanker came under attack several days ago after a number of armed people on board four skiffs approached the ship at high speed.
The Iranian warships patrolling the area rushed to assist the vessel upon its distress call, which reported an unauthorized boarding attempt by several people.
Iranian Navy marines managed to foil the pirate attack on the oil tanker after engaging in a fire fight. No injuries were reported among the crews of the Iranian ships.
Iran’s Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Ali Akbar Marzban said on May 18 that Iran’s Navy has conducted at least 85 anti-piracy missions in the international waters over the past three years.
He highlighted that more than 2,000 cargo vessels have also received Iranian naval escorts through the pirate-infested waters during the mentioned period.
Iran’s Navy has been multiplying its naval presence in the international waters since last year, deploying vessels to the Indian Ocean and dispatching two ships via the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean for the first time in February 2011.
In addition, in line with the international efforts to combat piracy, the Iranian Navy has been conducting anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden since November 2008 to safeguard the vessels involved in maritime trade, especially the ships and oil tankers owned or leased by Iran.
The Gulf of Aden, which links the Indian Ocean with the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea, is the quickest route for thousands of vessels traveling annually between Asia, Europe and the Americas.
However, attacks by heavily armed Somali pirates on board speedboats have prompted some of the world’s largest shipping firms to switch routes from the Suez Canal and reroute cargo vessels around southern Africa, leading to climbing shipping costs.
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