U.S. Navy Rescues Iran Sailors

USS James E. Williams guided missile destroyer rescued 10 Iranian sailors from their burning dhow in Gulf of Oman. The 10 received initial medical treatments on the destroyer and additional treatment on the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. Thursday 9 August 2012.

Photo credit: U.S. Navy

US Navy Rescues Iranians in Distress at Sea

Rescue Is the Third This Month

Sailors from guided-missile destroyer Dewey providing food, water and medical

supplies to distressed Iranian mariners. 18 January 2012

NBC News reported that an American guided missile-destroyer, the Dewey, rescued a sinking Iranian fishing boat Wednesday morning after it were spotted by a Navy helicopter [NBC/New York Daily News, 19 JNUARY].

Photos: NBC News/New York Daily News

US Ship Rescues Iranians at Sea — Again

For the second time in less than a week, a US ship has rescued Iranians at sea, this time six Iranians were picked up from a cargo dhow in the northern Persian Gulf, including one who had suffered burn injuries. The Iranian vessel apparently had engine trouble.

Last Thursday a US Navy ship rescued 13 Iranian fishermen who had been held captive aboard their ship by pirates.

Photo: An Iranian mariner greets a US Coast Guardsmen onboard the US Coast Guard cutter Monomoy. 10 January 2012. CENTCOM/Defense Department Photo