3 Foreign Warships Sailing Near 'Iran Shahed' the Iranian Yemen-Bound Aid Cargo Vessel.

3 Foreign Warships Sailing Near 'Iran Shahed' the Iranian Yemen-Bound Aid Cargo Vessel. (Fars).

Three foreign warships have approached the Iranian aid cargo ship which is due to dock at Yemen's Hudayda port after undergoing UN inspections in Djibouti.

The Iranian cargo ship carrying humanitarian aid to Yemen is now near the Djibouti port.

FNA reporter on the Iranian aid cargo vessel, Iran-Shahed, said the intention of the three forein warships is not clear yet.

The ship which was sent by the Iranian Red Crescent Society to Yemen on May 13, loaded with pharmaceuticals and medical equipment, will then head towards Yemen's al-Hudayda port after being inspected by the UN.

IRCS Managing Director Seyed Amir Mohsen Ziyaee announced Tuesday that the IRCS would send another ship with relief aid to Yemen soon.

"A 12,000-ton shipment of Iran's relief aids is being prepared to be dispatched to Yemen," Ziyaee said.

He noted that IRCS cargo planes carrying Iran' food aid will be dispatched to Djibouti where a relief aid center is set up in the coming days, and said, "Furthermore, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) plans to set up a center in Salalah, Oman, in the coming days and as soon as it becomes ready, Iran's pharmaceutical aid will be sent (to Oman) through air."

The IRCS has been trying to dispatch humanitarian aid to Yemen through sea and air, but has so far been unable to do so due to Saudi Arabia's blockade of the war-ravaged country.

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