Iran’s Alborz warship has entered the Red Sea after passing through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a state-affiliated news agency reported on Monday, Paralel.Az reports citing Al Arabiya News.

Since 2009, Iranian warships have been operating in open waters to “secure shipping lines, fight against pirates and conduct other missions,” the Tasnim news agency said.

In its report, Tasnim, which is said to be close to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), did not specify the details of the Alborz’s mission but it highlighted the implications of the Gaza war on the wider region. “Following rising tensions in the Gaza war, there has been an acceleration in developments in the Gulf of Aden and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait,” it said.