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Somali pirates hijack Iranian vessel with 23 crew

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The EU's Indian Ocean maritime security center said pirates seized the fishing vessel, carrying 21 Iranian fishermen and two Somali guards, near Somalia's northeastern coast.

Piracy off Somalia's coast has for years been a recurring threat to shipping in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden.

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