In the aftermath of an Israeli warning, the authorities of the Suez Canal were informed on Thursday the cancellation of the planned move by the strategic path of two Iranian warships were to win the Mediterranean. The two vessels, the frigate and the ship-Alvand tanker Kharg, currently located near the Saudi port of Jeddah on the Red Sea.
The Iranian news agency Fars (Fars News Agency, ANF) announced on 26 January that the cadets of the Iranian navy were leaving for a training campaign a year and they win the Red Sea via the Gulf Aden, then travel to the Mediterranean after taking the Suez Canal to join a Syrian port. During their mission, the cadets will be trained to defend the cargo and tanker against the continuing threat of attacks by Somali pirates continued FNA.
According to the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, no warship Iran has crossed the Suez Canal since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The Israeli foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, had said Wednesday that Iran had sent two warships in the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal. In Washington, the State Department said the U.S.
"watched" two ships crossing the Red Sea, as discussed by Israel, but declined to say if they were ships of war or if they were Iranian. In a statement, Suez Canal Authority said it had not received notification of the passage of Iranian ships: "The authority allows the ships of any nationality to cross the channel as long as their flag belongs to a country not at war against Egypt.
" "The Suez Canal does not accept the Iranian currency, but that does not mean that the Iranian vessels can not use this waterway," the statement said. 
The Iranian news agency Fars (Fars News Agency, ANF) announced on 26 January that the cadets of the Iranian navy were leaving for a training campaign a year and they win the Red Sea via the Gulf Aden, then travel to the Mediterranean after taking the Suez Canal to join a Syrian port. During their mission, the cadets will be trained to defend the cargo and tanker against the continuing threat of attacks by Somali pirates continued FNA.
According to the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, no warship Iran has crossed the Suez Canal since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The Israeli foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, had said Wednesday that Iran had sent two warships in the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal. In Washington, the State Department said the U.S.
"watched" two ships crossing the Red Sea, as discussed by Israel, but declined to say if they were ships of war or if they were Iranian. In a statement, Suez Canal Authority said it had not received notification of the passage of Iranian ships: "The authority allows the ships of any nationality to cross the channel as long as their flag belongs to a country not at war against Egypt.
" "The Suez Canal does not accept the Iranian currency, but that does not mean that the Iranian vessels can not use this waterway," the statement said.
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