Iran to send aid ships to Gaza

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Iranian ships carrying aid supplies are due to set sail for Gaza in the coming week, Iran’s state news agency has reported.

The move is likely to further heighten tensions in the region.

Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency said the first ship carrying humanitarian aid will leave the port of Khorramshahr this week, heading towards Gaza.

“This ship will pass through territorial waters of Oman, Yemen and Egypt before it reaches Gaza. It is said that the ship contains only humanitarian aid and there are no peace activists on board, ” the agency said.

Continue Reading at Al Jazeera.

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