Egyptian officials: Iran warships to cross Suez Canal on Monday

20.02.2011                     16.Adar l, 5771

Suez-Kanal:

Egyptian officials: Iran warships to cross Suez Canal on Monday

Israel is following the movement of the warships closely, although it does not believe the Iranian vessels have hostile intentions toward Israel.

Two Iranian naval ships will sail through the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean on Monday, a Suez Canal official said, in what will be the first passage of Iranian naval ships through the canal since 1979.
The official said the vessels would arrive at the southern mouth of the canal in the Red Sea's Gulf of Suez on Sunday. They would enter the canal in the northern convoy on Monday morning and complete the journey to the Mediterranean by evening….