The Iranian spy ship Behshad
Iranian spy ship is accused of providing targeting data
BEHSHAD
General Cargo Ship, IMO 9167289
The current position of BEHSHAD is at Red Sea reported 5 days ago by AIS. The vessel is en route to IRAN B.ABBAS, sailing at a speed of 2.7 knots and expected to arrive there on Jan 15, 18:00. The vessel BEHSHAD (IMO 9167289, MMSI 422036200) is a General Cargo Ship built in 1999 (25 years old) and currently sailing under the flag of Iran.
Satellite tracking data analyzed by the AP on Thursday showed that an Iranian cargo vessel suspected of being a spying platform in the Red Sea had left the waterway. The data showed the Behshad had transited through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait into the Gulf of Aden.
The Behshad has been in the Red Sea since 2021 off Eritrea’s Dahlak archipelago. It arrived there after Iran removed the Saviz, another suspected spy base in the Red Sea that had suffered damage in an attack that analysts attributed to Israel amid a wider shadow war of ship attacks in the region.
