The flotilla traveled a total of 5,100 nautical miles during its overseas journey, which also took it to Oman’s port cities of Salalah and Sultan Qaboos.

It also participated in a joint drill with Oman’s naval forces last month.

Iran’s naval forces, in recent years, have increased their presence in the international waters to protect naval routes and provide security for trade vessels and oil tankers.

The 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.

According to UN Security Council resolutions, different countries can send their warships to the Gulf of Aden and coastal waters of Somalia against the pirates and even with prior notice to Somali government enter the territorial waters of that country in pursuit of Somali sea pirates.

The Gulf of Aden – which links the Indian Ocean with the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea – is an important energy corridor, particularly because Persian Gulf oil is shipped to the West via the Suez Canal.

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This is the second time that Iranian Navy’s Northern Fleet dispatches flotilla to Kazakhstan. The first one, comprised of the home-grown Damavand destroyer and Peykan missile-launcher destroyer, had visited Aktau in April 2017.

According to Navy’s Deputy Commander Rear-Admiral Touraj Hassani-Moqaddam, dispatching the “peace and friendship flotilla” to the Caspian Sea littoral states is on Navy’s agenda in the current calendar year (started on March 21). The force, in return, will host the navy flotilla of Azerbaijan, Russia and Kazakhstan.

Iran has been expanding its presence in different waters. The country’s navy carries out recurrent military maneuvers and maritime security missions in the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean, the Gulf of Aden, and the Suez Canal, with an aim to contribute to international maritime security and reinforce the country’s diplomacy.

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The Iranian Navy’s 60th flotilla, comprising of ‘Bayandor’ destroyer, Bushehr logistic warship, and Lavan warship, has just returned home after 52 days of a voyage in international waters. The flotilla’s mission included visits to Sri Lanka and Sultan Qaboos port, the largest port in Muscat, Oman, for a four-day stay.

According to reports on Friday, Iran’s 60th flotilla conducted a successful operation in the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, thwarting a pirate attack on one of the country’s oil tankers.

The 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.

According to UN Security Council resolutions, different countries can send their warships to the Gulf of Aden and coastal waters of Somalia against the pirates and even with prior notice to Somali government enter the territorial waters of that country in pursuit of Somali sea pirates.

The Gulf of Aden – which links the Indian Ocean with the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea – is an important energy corridor, particularly because Persian Gulf oil is shipped to the West via the Suez Canal.

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