The US Navy and Coast Guard rescued five Iranians and two Indian sailors from a difficult ship in the Arabian Gulf on Tuesday, authorities said.
The seven sailors were on an Iranian ship, M/V Shayesteh. I said.
The ship is an Iranian, but it flew the Qatari flag. “It's customary in territorial waters,” said St.com.
Officers on USS Devastator and US Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Clarence Sutphin Jr. on US Navy ship USS Devastator and US Coast Guard cutters will respond to sailors' Mayday calls and rescue them, and the Coast Guard ship I saw it ride safely. The seafarers then consulted a doctor.
According to Centcom, the tormented ship was eventually sunk. Combatant Command released a photo of the ship tilted at Or it was named Persian Gulf.
“A great job today,” Saintcom said, praised Navy and Coast Guard officers. (Related: Video shows the Coast Guard heroically saving five people and dogs during a bold rescue)
US Navy and Coast Guard Rescue Iran and the Mariners of India to sink commercial Iranian ships into Arabian Gulf
Amazing work by personnel mounted on the Arabian US Navy ship USS Devastator (MCM 6) and US Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Clarence Sutphin Jr (WPC 1147)… pic.twitter.com/z7kbxbegnl
– US Central Command (@centcom) February 18, 2025
The rescue campaign has attracted praise online.
“Amazing job… the US Navy.” I wrote it Commenter.
“They weren't screaming “death to America.” ” I wrote it Another.
“Even amidst the disagreement, American humanity comes first. God bless you all.” I said Third commenter.
The US Navy Seal intervened in January 2024 on a ship carrying Iranian weapon components tied up by the Houthi rebels in Yemen. Two seals disappeared in the Gulf of Aden near Somalia during a seizure. The Navy later identified them as Christopher J. Chambers, 37, class 1 of the Navy Special Warfare Operator, and Nathan Gage Ingram, 27, class 2 of the Navy Special Warfare Operator.
US sailor Clarence Satfin Jr., aboard the USCGC, seized such a vessel several days later.
The US and Iran had it There is no formal diplomatic relations They broke their ties in 1980 after a Muslim Iranian student seized the American embassy in Tehran in the wake of the Islamic Revolution on November 4, 1979 and were detained by American hostages for 444 days. Ta. According to In the office of historians. The hostage crisis shook the administration of then-US President Jimmy Carter.
Patient diplomacy carried out by “divism of patients” [the then-] Deputy Chief [of State] Warren Christopher ultimately resolved the crisis, and Carter's foreign policy team often seemed weak and shaky,” the office said.
The hostage crisis has caused sanctions against Iran. According to To the US State Department.
The crisis helped Carter's election loss to President Ronald Reagan in 1980. According to Go to the US National Archives.
