Iran meets with US Navy over piracy

Iran's official news agency has reported that the acting chief of the Iranian navy has participated in a meeting on piracy in which US Navy commanders were present.

The Thursday report by the IRNA news agency is the first public word that navy officers of both countries attended a meeting in Sri Lanka earlier this month on fighting piracy in the Gulf of Aden. The report says representatives of 22 countries including The US, Britain, France and Russia attended the meeting. (AP)