Mystery deepens over Iranian cargo ships en route to Yemen
Over the past week, Saudi Arabian and US warships have closely tracked the Iran Shahed, a 3,000-tonne Iranian cargo vessel, as it steamed towards Yemen, escorted by two Revolutionary Guard destroyers, in a maritime standoff that underscores the Riyadh fears the Shahed is laden with arms to bolster Yemen’s Houthi rebellion, drawing the Saudis and their allies they can ill-afford to lose. But Tehran appears to have scored something of a propaganda coup by announcing on Thursday that it would allow UN inspectors to verify the humanitarian ...
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