Iranian warship enters the Red Sea amid tensions with Houthis

Israel National News reports: “An Iranian warship, the Alborz, has entered the Red Sea through the strategic Bab al-Mandeb strait, AFP reported on Monday citing Iran’s Tasnim news agency.

The agency did not give specific reasons for its deployment, but noted that Iranian military vessels had operated in the area since 2009.

‘The Alborz destroyer entered the Red Sea… by passing through the Bab al-Mandeb,’ waterway at the southern tip of the Red Sea, connecting with the Gulf of Aden in the Indian Ocean, the agency said.

It added that Iran’s naval fleet has been operating in the area ‘to secure shipping lanes, repel pirates, among other purposes since 2009’.

The entry of the Iranian warship comes amid tensions in the Red Sea as the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have upped their attacks in recent months, since the start of the Israel-Hamas war on October 7…”

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