Iranian Navy's 44th flotilla of warships repulsed pirates' massive attack on one of the country's cargo vessels in free waters after fierce clashes.
A sum of 11 pirate boats attacked an Iranian cargo ship in Bab al-Mandab Strait and tried to hijack it, but they received a harsh response from Iran's 44th fleet that had rushed to the trade vessel's rescue.
Iranian Navy has been conducting anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden since November 2008, when Somali raiders hijacked the Iranian-chartered cargo ship, MV Delight, off the coast of Yemen, Fars News Agency reports.
