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- The ships are registered as commercial cargo ships with a Tehran-based company the U.S. Treasury has sanctioned as a front for the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines. The Saviz, then later the Behshad, have loitered for years in the Red Sea off Yemen, suspected of serving as spy positions for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. recently conducted a cyberattack against an Iranian military ship that had been collecting intelligence on cargo vessels in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, according to...
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Aug 6, 2021 · The US was monitoring Iranian ship movements in the Middle East as Tehran quietly replaced a spy ship in the Red Sea that was damaged in an April attack, two US officials told CNN amid escalating...
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A suspected Iranian spy ship appears to be sailing home after nearly three years at sea — a move that comes as the world awaits Israel’s response to Tehran’s retaliatory attack.
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Feb 6, 2024 · Iran has issued a strongly worded warning not to target a ship that analysts suspect of providing real-time intelligence for attacks on ships in the Red Sea.
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Feb 15, 2024 · The United States conducted a cyberattack recently against an Iranian military ship in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden that had been collecting intelligence on cargo vessels, NBC News reported...
Apr 7, 2021 · An explosion has damaged an Iranian cargo ship anchored off Yemen's Red Sea coast that is allegedly used by the Revolutionary Guards for spying, Iran's foreign ministry has confirmed.
Feb 16, 2024 · Iran has a large cyber arsenal that includes an ability to conduct sophisticated data deletion and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) attacks on critical infrastructure, capabilities that could be deployed against U.S. ships or military assets in the region.
