Iran welcomes U.S. Navy rescue operation

TEHRAN — Iran's Foreign Ministry on Saturday welcomed the U.S. Navy's rescue of 13 Iranian fishermen held captive by pirates, just days after it had warned all U.S. ships to leave the region.

U.S. officials announced Friday that the fishermen had been rescued by a Navy destroyer the day before, more than 40 days after their boat was commandeered by suspected Somali pirates in the northern Arabian Sea.

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Philip Rucker 08 Jan, 2012


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