Iran to Use Northern Sea Route to Send Aids to Gaza
Farsnews
27-Jun-2010 (3 comments)

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian lawmaker announced that Tehran plans to change the route for sending humanitarian aids to Gaza after it was obliged to postpone the dispatch of its first aid ship due to Israel's tighter restrictions and increased threats against Iranian aid convoys.

Member of the Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mahmoud Ahmadi Biqash told FNA on Sunday that Tehran plans to send its aid cargo through the Caspian sea in northern Iran, adding that the ship called "Khazar" would leave Iran's northern port city of Bandar Anzali in the near future.

"The ship will carry aids from Iran's Red Crescent Society and Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation, including foods and medicine" for the besieged Palestinians in Gaza, Biqash added.

He announced that four members of his commission as well as delegations from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) of Iran's northern provinces of Gilan, Mazandaran and Golestan and also a number of foreign students will be aboard the ship.

The legislator said that the ship will reach the Mediterranean Sea and Gaza through the Caspian Sea and the Volga if Russia issues the required permission, adding that Moscow has unofficially Okayed the passage.

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AMIR1973

I believe the Volga can be taken to the Black Sea, but...

by AMIR1973 on Mon Jun 28, 2010 04:21 AM PDT

Who are we kidding? That's a very, very long route to take to Gaza. The IRI is simply too scared to confront the Israeli navy. Poor IRI: it must be hard constantly barking threats against the U.S. and Israel and predicting the imminent collapse of those states, and then backing down from a fight so easily. Why is IRI so scared of the Zionists? Come on IRI, show a little courage against Israel. 


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robertborden54

Volga to Mediterranean

by robertborden54 on Sun Jun 27, 2010 06:58 PM PDT

If he shows me how you can get from the Volga to the Med I'll give my entire fortune to the IRI.  Just the fact that a member of the Majlis national security can get away spewing this nonsenses says volumes about the mullah regime. BTW you provide people aid not aids.  the latter is a disease.  unless the majlis national security person meant he's going to drag a few akhond out of feyzieh hojrehs and send them over to gaza to spread the disease.


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AMIR1973

Is it April Fools Day on Farsnews?

by AMIR1973 on Sun Jun 27, 2010 03:28 PM PDT

They're planning to reach Gaza by sailing up Russia's Volga River?!? Why not just sail east, circle the globe and reach Gaza that way? Why doesn't IRI just challenge Israel's navy and stop playing this charade? After all, Israel is a Paper Tiger and IRI is an advanced military and economic power.

BTW, if they're sending "Aids" to Gaza, that is a bad thing. The last thing Gaza needs is Aids. They might need some aid, though. It's nice to see that the finest Islamist minds are employed at Farsnews (Iranian.com too, it appears).  


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