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US Navy aids Iran fishing boat after pirate attack

An American destroyer has come to the aid of an Iranian fishing boat after a pirate attack off Yemen, the US Navy said on Wednesday.

Iran’s coast guard called the US naval command in Bahrain to report Tuesday’s incident and to ask for help after the attack south of Yemen’s Socotra Island, the Navy said in a statement.

 

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An American destroyer has come to the aid of an Iranian fishing boat after a pirate attack off Yemen, the US Navy said on Wednesday.

Iran’s coast guard called the US naval command in Bahrain to report Tuesday’s incident and to ask for help after the attack south of Yemen’s Socotra Island, the Navy said in a statement.

 

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