Iranian navy ships enter Egypt’s Suez Canal

CAIRO: Two Iranian navy ships have entered Egypt’s Suez Canal and are expected to reach the Red Sea later in the day, a source in the canal authority said on Thursday.

Updated 3 March 2011 15:02

Associated Press

March 3, 2011 15:02

“The two Iranian ships entered the Suez Canal at 0400 a.m. (0200 GMT) from the nothern entrance of the Mediterranean and are on their way to the Red Sea,” the source said.