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Iranian Navy and Iranian news agencies saved m/v Rosita from pirates, or did they?

We’ve become accustomed recently to the regular flow of news on thwarted pirates attacks thanks to the Iranian Navy. The latest is dated May 20, saying that Iranian Navy saved on May 20 Philippine merchant vessel Rosita in Oman sea (actually, it’s Gulf of Oman, but so be it). All the news agencies which publish this news refer to Iranian IRNA news agency, as an original source. Now, what about AIS data from Rosita, according to which data vessel arrived to Fujairah, UAE, on May 19, and stays there up until today, May 20 1400 UTC. What about discrepancies in three major Iranian news agencies news – according to one agency, Navy thwarted an unfolding attack, according to another, vessel was already hijacked, and Iranian forces somehow forced pirates to release the vessel, and according to another one, Navy foiled the attack without as much as a single shot. IRNA said vessel was en route from India to Qatar, FARS thinks vessel was underway destined for Netherlands, with PressTV backing India – Qatar version. The 23 crew was Filipino back in year 2005, maybe it’s still all-Filipino, maybe not. Why PressTV decided that vessel belongs to Philippine shipowner, is also a mystery, all the known databases list the owner as Norwegian UGLAND SHIPPING AS Company. Read in full http://www.odin.tc/news/read.asp?articleID=890