The European naval mission said that the rescue operation of the abandoned Sonion oil tanker in the Red Sea is about to begin, days after an attack by Iranian agents in Yemen on the tanker, which led to it catching fire.

The rescue operation comes days after Iran's mission to the United Nations announced permission to tow the ship, followed by the terrorist Houthi militia announcing its approval in implementation of Tehran's directives, despite its claims when it was targeted that the ship was linked to the Zionist entity.

According to Aspedes, private companies are about to begin a mission to rescue the tanker, which is engulfed in fires and poses an environmental danger in the Red Sea.

It confirmed that it will provide protection for the tugboats that will undertake the rescue operation and facilitate their efforts to prevent an environmental disaster in the Red Sea.

She indicated that fires were still burning on the deck of the ship, but it was anchored and had not drifted.