According to official Iranian sources, the Iranian army has announced the sending of its frigate to the Gulf of Aden "to protect maritime navigation" on the outlet of the Red Sea.
Admiral Habiballah Siari, chief of staff of the Iranian Army quoted by the Irna agency, said "The Sanhad frigate actually arrived in the Gulf of Aden in its first long-term mission" in those waters, adding that the warship “It will be accompanied by a helicopter carrier”, explaining that “the objective of this mission is to guarantee Iranian maritime navigation in open water”.
Meanwhile, the international work of Iranian President Jassan Rohani continues who, in a live TV speech delivered after yesterday's visit by his Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to Biarritz on the sidelines of the G7, declared "I believe that for the national interest of the our country we must use every tool. If I knew I had a meeting with someone who could bring prosperity to my country and solve the problems of my people, I would not hesitate ”.
During the G7, the Iranian president also met with French President Emmanuel Macron again.
Rohani's intervention aims in particular to defend his minister and the diplomatic efforts of his government from the accusations of the ultraconservatives, who denounce the openings to dialogue with the West on the nuclear deal.
Different opinions expressed by the media on Zarif's visit to Biarritz, while the newspaper Kayhan harshly criticized Zarif's visit, accusing him of having sent "a message of weakness and desperation" by meeting Macron again after last Friday's face-to-face in Paris. optimism was expressed by Etemad, who titled the meeting as a "moment of greater hope" for a resolution of the crisis of the nuclear deal from the unilateral US withdrawal in May 2018.