Iran's naval forces push back sea pirates

According to the public relations department of the Iranian navy, some 11 speed boats belonging to Somalia's pirates were to attack an Iranian vessel but due to timely presence of the navy forces fled the scene.

The Bab-el-Mandeb Strait is located between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula, and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.

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