[Iran Press TV Latest] An Iranian oil tanker has escaped an attack by pirates in Bab al-Mandeb in waters north of Somalia, a media report has revealed. According to Mehr News Agency, Iran Nesa, an oil tanker which belonged to the Iranian Oil Tanker Company, was attacked on Sunday in the waters of Bab al-Mandeb -- a strategic strait which connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.
The tanker was en route to Turkey, carrying two billion barrels of crude oil when it was attacked by two pirate boats.
The Iranian tanker managed to flee the pirates after one of their boats sank.
| Ahem, there's a lack of details here: how did the pirate boat sink? |
According to Iranian military sources, the country's navy has dispatched four fleets of warships to fight pirates off the Somali coast.