Seoul dispatches anti-piracy unit to Persian Gulf after South Korean-flagged tanker seized by Iran

Korean Defense Ministry

The South Korean Defense Ministry has said that it will send its anti-piracy Cheonghae unit, normally based in the Gulf of Aden, along with helicopters to the Persian Gulf where a South Korean vessel was seized by Iran.

“The defence ministry immediately dispatched the Cheonghae unit to waters near the Strait of Hormuz shortly after receiving a report on the situation of Iran’s seizure of our commercial vessel,” South Korea’s Defense Ministry said in a statement on Monday, cited by the AFP. 

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