Azerbaijan, Baku, April 3 /Trend D.Khatinoglu/
Iranian navy has captured 12 suspected Somali pirates in late March, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said Tuesday, Fars reported.
Iranian navy arrested the pirates from 3,000-km distance of Iranian borders in free water
The commander of the Iranian navy added that the pirates were detained after they have tried to seize an Iranian oil vessel which however was failed after exchanging fire with an Iranian navy ship patrolling in the region.
Sayyari added that the captured pirates are being taken to Iran.
Sayyari said that Iranian Jamaran destroyer attacked the pirates when they want to seize Iranian ship transporting 10,000 tons of cargo in Indian Ocean.
The pirates were been arrested on March 31.