GULF SHIPPING

Soviet Merchant Ship Hit by Iranian Revolutionary Guard Naval Units; Iraq Raids Sassan Oilfield

MEES learns that Iran's Revolutionary Guards are currently operating five naval bases in the Gulf using mainly small speedboats to mount rocket attacks on neutral shipping, including for the first time a Soviet merchant vessel. The five bases, from north to south, are located at: al- Farisiya Island midway between northern Saudi Arabia and the Iranian mainland, a platform...