Revolutionary Guards Offer To Escort Gaza Aid Ships
June 07 2010
The elite Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has offered to escort any ships seeking to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip and break the Israeli blockade, Press TV (Iran) reports.
The offer by a representative of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei came about a week after an Israeli raid led to the deaths of nine with an aid flotilla to Gaza.
"In the wake of [last week's] unfair attack, it is Iran's duty to defend the innocent people of Gaza," an IRGC naval spokesman...
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