Iranian submarine returns home ending surveillance mission
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Bandar Abbas, Hormuzgan Prov, July 5, IRNA -- Iranian 'Younes' submarine has returned home at the end of its first international mission which was completed successfully, it was reported Tuesday.
Younes was sailing alongside warships belonged to the 14th fleet of the Iranian Navy, Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari told IRNA in this southern province.
Younes and its accompanying warships have returned home Monday after they successfully conducted maritime surveillance operations and identified the warships of other countries in international waters, he added.
They returned home following their nearly two-month-long mission in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
The Iranian submarine entered the waters of the Red Sea on June 7 and joined the 14th fleet of warships.
The deployment of Iranian military submarines in the Red Sea was the first such operation by the Iranian Navy in distant waters, Rear Admiral Sayyari said.
The Gulf of Aden, which links the Indian Ocean with the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea, is the quickest route for more than 20,000 vessels traveling annually between Asia, Europe and the Americas.
Younes and its accompanying warships were on a peaceful mission posing no threat against any country.
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