Iran Welcomes U.S. Rescue of Iranians from Pirates
The U.S. navy's rescue of 13 Iranians from pirates who had hijacked their fishing vessel was a "welcome" humanitarian act, foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said on Saturday.
"We consider the actions of the U.S. forces in saving the lives of the Iranian seamen to be a humanitarian and positive act and we welcome such behavior," Mehmanparast told Iran's Arabic-language broadcaster Al-Alam.
"We think all nations should display such behavior," he added.
The US military said one of its warships, the USS Kidd, rescued the Iranian fishermen from around 45 days of captivity at the hands of pirates thought to be Somalis.
The pirates were taken into custody and the Iranian fishermen were released to return home on their dhow, which was refueled and restocked with provisions supplied by the U.S. navy vessels.
The USS Kidd was one of several vessels in a group accompanying the USS John C. Stennis, an aircraft carrier Iranian military officials days ago warned to stay out of the Gulf.
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Behind all that muscle flexing left and right, one must not forget that we're all humans, breathing the same air and having the same aspirations...
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"We think all nations should display such behavior,"
They have the guts to turn it into a lesson to give?!
Start by yourselves and stop capturing hikers on the borders and call them spies!
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Iran warships free hostages from pirates in the Gulf of Aden area all the time, but it never gets reported. So yes, Iran is right to say that all nations should display such behavior, because they have been doing the same for years.
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they should have killed them and killed the pirates
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we love the americans save us save us we love you...what such crap the americans should have thrown them overboard where they dumped that other GRUB Bin Ladan who we eat everyday in our Tuna which is now Halal :)
as i told this forum 3 days ago : the farsis are making a deal with the americans concerning irak, syria hassoun...
the winners are: iran the americans the turks and "el adou el sahyuni".
the losers are : assad regime, the arab shia used as a donkey for the farsi interests, and the arabs in general.