US Navy: Ship Intercepted in Arabian Sea Originated in Iran

The U.S. Navy says a member nation of a U.S.-backed naval coalition intercepted a ship carrying illicit arms believed to be from Iran in the Arabian Sea last week. A Navy spokesman, Lieutenant Commander Tim Hawkins, told VOA the small cargo vessel was not formally registered to any country. Hawkins said illicit arms suspected to be Iranian and Russian, including anti-tank weapons, were seized.  He said most of the weapons were disposed of at sea but some were saved for analysis by...

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