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Iran seized a fishing vessel and arrested five Saudi fishers in its waters, Tasnim reported July 22. “The ship was seized close to Iran’s Farsi Island,” Ardashir Yar-Ahmadi, the head of Bushehr Province’s Fishery Organization, said. Arresting Saudi fishers came three weeks after Riyadh released Iranian fishers after a year of prison. Saudi Arabia released seven Iranian fishers and they arrived in Iran, Mehr reported June 29. According to the report, they were imprisoned for a year when Saudi border guards jailed them. Earlier, Saudi Arabia ...

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