Coast Guard ship thanks Americans as they take men aboard.
Manama: A US naval ship came to the aid of two stranded Iranian sailors in the early hours of Thursday morning in the Arabian Gulf, providing food and water until the arrival of the Iranian coast guard.
The US Navy was notified by a merchant vessel of the two stranded sailors in a life raft after an emergency flare was seen and the USS Oscar Austin was sent to provide help, said a statement issued by the Bahrain-based US Fifth Fleet.
The sailors were found just about 1 km outside Iranian territorial waters at 5am local time and were provided food and water. The US Navy contacted Iranian authorities via neighbouring Oman.
The mariners said their fishing boat had sunk the night before and they did not know about the whereabouts of the other crewmembers. An Iranian Coast Guard ship showed up just past noon and took the two men aboard and thanked the navy, said the statement.
"We're glad that we were able to coordinate the rescue of the mariners with the Iranian Coast Guard," said Lt Cmdr. Steve Ansuinni of the Fifth Fleet in the statement. In August, an aircraft carrier from the fleet rescued eight Iranian fisherman.
>>>Person | About | Day |
---|---|---|
نسرین ستوده: زندانی روز | Dec 04 | |
Saeed Malekpour: Prisoner of the day | Lawyer says death sentence suspended | Dec 03 |
Majid Tavakoli: Prisoner of the day | Iterview with mother | Dec 02 |
احسان نراقی: جامعه شناس و نویسنده ۱۳۰۵-۱۳۹۱ | Dec 02 | |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Prisoner of the day | 46 days on hunger strike | Dec 01 |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Graffiti | In Barcelona | Nov 30 |
گوهر عشقی: مادر ستار بهشتی | Nov 30 | |
Abdollah Momeni: Prisoner of the day | Activist denied leave and family visits for 1.5 years | Nov 30 |
محمد کلالی: یکی از حمله کنندگان به سفارت ایران در برلین | Nov 29 | |
Habibollah Golparipour: Prisoner of the day | Kurdish Activist on Death Row | Nov 28 |
Why use "Gulf news" that says in the Arabian Gulf?
by kazem0574 on Sun Nov 21, 2010 09:14 AM PSTHere is the same news in ?Washington Post saying in the Persian Gulf
//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic...
I hate these Arabs trying to insert their own fake title onto Persian Gulf.
There is NO ARABIAN GULF.