Iranian Mission
Iran has dispatched a submarine and a warship to the Red Sea on a patrol mission, navy commander Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said this week in media report.
“This flotilla which is comprised of a submarine and a warship will patrol the high seas and display the capabilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” said Sayyari, adding that the flotilla, the 15th mission of its kind to be dispatched to the Red Sea, would also focus on “fighting piracy”.