“Ships belonging to shipping lines of the United States and particularly the Zionist regime (Israel) have never entered Iranian ports during recent years”

A senior Iranian official refutes fabricated reports that Israeli ships have docked in Iran during recent years, saying no ship belonging to Israeli shipping lines had entered the Iranian ports.

“Ships belonging to shipping lines of the United States and particularly the Zionist regime (Israel) have never entered Iranian ports during recent years,” deputy managing director at Iran's Port and Maritime Organization, Mohsen Sadeqifar, told IRNA on Sunday.

He added that Iran's Commerce Ministry or the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration have issued no license for any US or Israeli ship to dock in Iranian ports. The official emphasized that Israeli ships “do not dare to dock at Iranian ports.”

Sadeqifar's remarks came after Israeli daily Haaretz claimed that at least 13 Tanker Pacific ships, owned by a leading Israeli company, Ofer Brothers Group, have docked in the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas and Kharg Island over the past decade.