MNA The 6th joint coast guard meeting between Iran and the UAE will be held in Tehran today. A seven-member delegation from the UAE coast guard arrived in Tehran to attend the joint meeting on Tuesday, which will be held in line with the plans to boost maritime security cooperation between the two Persian Gulf littoral states. During the meeting,...

AP -- Iranian state TV is reporting the country's coast guard has detained 21 fishermen and their three boats from neighboring Arab nations for straying into its territorial waters and fishing rare species. The Monday report said the traditional boats, known as dhows, had entered Iranian waters near the country's Kish Island in the Persian Gulf. It ...

Jan 8 (Reuters) - Iran's coast guard has detained two Saudifishingvessels after they entered Iranian waters, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Tuesday. Separated by about 250 km (150 miles) of Gulf waters, Shi'ite Muslim powerIranand Sunni Muslim-ledSaudi Arabiahave often had tense relations. Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally, has accusedIranof ...

The Indian fishermen arrested for straying into Iranian territorial waters were released on Friday. According to a non-governmental organisation (NGO), the South Asian Fishermen Fraternity (SAFF), 29 fishermen were detained by the Iranian Coast Guard on October 10 while conducting fishing operations on the sea off Qatar. (Sea of Qatar) Twenty-two ...