Iranian aid ship to enter Red Sea on Thursday, captain says
The captain of an Iranian cargo ship which Iran says is carrying thousands of tonnes of aid to Yemen expects to enter the Bab al-Mandeb strait linking the Gulf of Aden with the Red Sea on Thursday morning, state news agency IRNA reported. By crossing the strait, the Iran Shahed will sail past Djibouti where the United Nations is co-ordinating aid. U.S. officials have called on Iran to divert the ship to Djibouti to allow the ship's cargo to be inspected. "If the weather and the ship's technical conditions persist ... we will enter the Bab ...
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