The 71st flotilla of the Iranian Navy set off for the southern waters on a mission to safeguard maritime routes used by Iranian vessels in international waters. The flotilla - consisting of the Alborz destroyer and the Khark helicopter carrier - was dispatched to international waters, as the 70th fleet of warships of the Iranian Navy returned to the southern port city of Bandar Abbas on December 19 after carrying out their mission in the international waters of the Gulf of Aden and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, according to Iran’s Mehr...