Iran Planning New Gaza Aid Flotilla

AFP reports that the Iranian Red Crescent intends to send two aid ships to Gaza, amid reports that the Iran's Revolutionary Guard has offered to escort Gaza-bound aid flotillas.

The Iranian Red Crescent has decided to send two aid ships to Gaza this week in the latest bid to break the blockade imposed on the Palestinian territory by Iran's regional archfoe Israel.

Red Crescent director for international affairs Abdolrauf Adibzadeh told the state IRNA news agency late on Sunday that the decision to send the ships was taken after a meeting with the foreign ministry. ...

The decision to send the two ships comes hot on the heels of a report that Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards had expressed readiness to escort aid flotillas to Gaza.

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