Iran seizes foreign fishing boat in southern waters
TEHRAN, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Iran seized a foreign fishing boat in the Persian Gulf on Saturday for illegally entering the country's territorial waters, Press TV reported. The dhow, belonging to an Arab littoral state of the Persian Gulf, was seized after trespassing into the Islamic republic's territorial waters, said the coastguard commander for Iran's southern Kish Island Colonel Rahim Jahanbakhsh. The seven crew members, who were also detained, were fishing rare species, particularly blacktip and whitetip sharks, Jahanbakhsh was quoted ...
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