NewsSpecial WireOne killed in pirate attack on Iran’s southern shores

One killed in pirate attack on Iran’s southern shores

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 02 – An Iranian man was killed by pirates in Iraqi waters, the government-run news agency Fars reported. Iran Focus

Tehran, Iran, Aug. 02 – An Iranian man was killed by pirates in Iraqi waters, the government-run news agency Fars reported.

Fars quoted on Tuesday a senior Iranian armed forces official in the south of the country as saying that Iraqi pirates attacked an Iranian boat three times, killing one person on board. They stole a number of documents in the boat, the report said.

The attacks took place in the Iraqi waters of Khur Abdullah.

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