The return of the MV Behshad, a cargo ship that U.S. analysts and officials suspect may have been helping Houthi rebels, would remove one possible high-profile target for any Israeli strikes.

Iran Ship Linked to Houthi Attacks Goes Home Amid Tensions. ... Behshad, which Iran calls an “intelligence and logistics” vessel, left its position near the coast of Yemen on April 4, ...

Suspected Iranian spy ship MV Behshad is sailing home — a move that comes as the world awaits Israel’s response to Tehran’s retaliatory attack.

Built in 1999, the Behshad was constructed as a cargo ship. But it only attracted wider attention in 2021, when it replaced another vessel -- the Saviz -- in the Red Sea.

The Behshad is registered as a commercial cargo ship with a Tehran-based company that the U.S. Treasury has sanctioned as allegedly being a front for the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran ...

The statement from Iran on the Behshad and Saviz ships appeared to signal Tehran’s growing unease over the U.S. strikes in recent days in Iraq, Syria and Yemen targeting militias backed by the ...

Iran's Spy Ships The U.S. has long accused Iran of assisting Houthi rebels in their maritime operations, particularly through ...

The Associated Press reported that the statement from Iran referred to the Behshad and Saviz ships, which are both registered commercial cargo ships with a company based in Tehran, which the U.S ...

Jon Gahagan, president of maritime risk specialist Sedna Global, said that for a supposed cargo vessel, the behaviour of the Behshad, registered and flagged in Iran, was “extremely unusual”.

A statement from Iran on the Behshad and Saviz ships appeared to signal Tehran's growing unease over the US strikes in recent days in Iraq, Syria and Yemen targeting militias backed by the Islamic ...

The Behshad is registered as a commercial cargo ship with a Tehran-based company that the U.S. Treasury has sanctioned as allegedly being a front for the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran ...