Mystery deepens over Iranian cargo ships
Over the past week, Saudi Arabian and US warships have closely tracked the Iran Shahed, a 3,000-tonne Iranian cargo vessel, as it steamed towards Yemen, escorted by two Revolutionary Guard destroyers, in a maritime standoff that underscores the mounting geopolitical tensions in the Gulf. Riyadh fears the Shahed is laden with arms to bolster Yemen’s Houthi rebellion, drawing the Saudis and their allies deeper into a bloody backyard conflict they can ill-afford to lose. But Tehran appears to have scored something of a propaganda coup by ...
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