... in the Iranian Navy’s operations to protect shipping from Somali pirates. In April 2012 they conducted an operation to the west of the Maldives to free the Eglantine freighter, which was seized by pirates as it was sailing for Iran with a cargo of sugar. Thirteen Somali pirates were disarmed, arrested, and brought to Iran for trial. Special force units of the Revolutionary Guards Revolutionary Guards ground forces The Iranian Revolutionary Guards have their own rapid response forces, the Saberin....