IRANIAN coastguards this week rescued 11 Indian sailors after their vessel, which was going to Oman, sank due to bad weather, the country’s state media on Wednesday (5) reported.
“The boat - that was heading to the port of Sohar in Oman yesterday - came toward Iranian waters due to storms, bad weather conditions and technical problems,” Ali Mehrani, acting governor of Jask County (south), was quoted as saying by state broadcaster Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting.
The ship was carrying sugar and sank four nautical miles off Gabrik district of Hormozgan province in southern Iran overlooking the Gulf of Oman, Mehrani said, adding the crew members were in good condition.
“The general condition of the crew is good,” he said.
Bad weather has affected southern Iran and Arab nations in the Gulf in recent times and several weather warnings have been issued.
Rain caused by the inclement weather, which is expected to continue in Iran till Friday (7), also caused flash flooding in a number of southern and south-eastern provinces in the country.
The rainy weather system, expected to last until Friday in Iran, has caused flash flooding in the southern provinces such as Fars, Hormozgan, Kerman, and Sistan-Baluchistan (southeast). A number of people were also killed in the floods.
This photograph taken on April 28, 2026 shows a boy getting "thali", a sacred thread tied to his neck symbolising marriage to Hindu warrior god Aravan during the annual Koovagam transgender festival at the Koothandavar temple in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi district. For a few fleeting days each year, at the heart of the Koothandavar Temple where ostracised transgender community members from across India come to honour the Hindu deity Aravan, a tradition rooted in millennia-old Hindu texts -- and to enjoy a brief oasis of freedom.Getty Images
This photograph taken on April 29, 2026 shows a member of the transgender community mourning as a priest cuts the "thali", a sacred thread symbolising end of her marriage to Hindu warrior god Aravan during the annual Koovagam transgender festival at the Koothandavar temple in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi district. For a few fleeting days each year, at the heart of the Koothandavar Temple where ostracised transgender community members from across India come to honour the Hindu deity Aravan, a tradition rooted in millennia-old Hindu texts -- and to enjoy a brief oasis of freedom. Getty Images
