Iran releases 22 Indians working on Saudi boats
Iran has released 22 Indian crew members of Saudi fishing boats seized last week after the vessels allegedly strayed into its waters near its first under-contruction nuclear power plant.
By PTI |
DUBAI: Iran has released 22 Indian crew members of Saudi fishing boats seized last week after the vessels allegedly strayed into its waters near its first under-contruction nuclear power plant.
"Iran on Thursday released five vessels which were held for two weeks after they entered Iranian territorial waters," said the head of the Saudi border guard in the Eastern province, General Abdurrahman al-Brahim.
According to al-Brahim, the boats and the 22 Indian crew on board returned "safely" to Darin, on the Saudi east coast, Iranian 'Press TV' reported.
The move came after Saudi authorities released two Iranian vessels which were seized after they entered the kingdom's territorial waters on Wednesday.
Earlier reports said that the boats from Saudi Arabia and had 17 Indian nationals on board.
"Bushehr sea-guard patrols stopped four foreign fishing boats on the strength of border violation and illegal fishing on Iranian waters," Reza Mohmmadi-Yeganeh, police commander of Iran's Bushehr province was quoted as saying by Iranian media on July 3.
The boats were seized around 30 nautical miles from the tightly-guarded Bushehr nuclear plant, off Iran's coast - which is being completed by a Russian firm despite opposition from the west and is due to be commissioned later this year.
"Iran on Thursday released five vessels which were held for two weeks after they entered Iranian territorial waters," said the head of the Saudi border guard in the Eastern province, General Abdurrahman al-Brahim.
According to al-Brahim, the boats and the 22 Indian crew on board returned "safely" to Darin, on the Saudi east coast, Iranian 'Press TV' reported.
The move came after Saudi authorities released two Iranian vessels which were seized after they entered the kingdom's territorial waters on Wednesday.
Earlier reports said that the boats from Saudi Arabia and had 17 Indian nationals on board.
"Bushehr sea-guard patrols stopped four foreign fishing boats on the strength of border violation and illegal fishing on Iranian waters," Reza Mohmmadi-Yeganeh, police commander of Iran's Bushehr province was quoted as saying by Iranian media on July 3.
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The boats were seized around 30 nautical miles from the tightly-guarded Bushehr nuclear plant, off Iran's coast - which is being completed by a Russian firm despite opposition from the west and is due to be commissioned later this year.
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