New Delhi, Nov. 3 -- The Iranian Embassy in India has thanked the Indian Navy for its swift operation that rescued a hijacked fishing vessel with 20 crew members off the coast of Somalia on Monday. "The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in New Delhi expresses its sincere appreciation to the Government of India, the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force for their successful operation to rescue the 20 Iranian crew members of the fishing vessel Azini from pirates," the Iranian mission said in a post on social media.

The fishing vessel, Azini, was reported to have been hijacked by an armed pirate group earlier last month, off the north-eastern coast of Somalia. Responding to the situation, the Indian Navy tasked a mission-deployed warsh...