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Iran cancels aid ship to Gaza

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Iran's Red Crescent Society has canceled a plan to send a shipload of aid to the Gaza Strip, saying it was denied access to pass through the Suez Canal, a claim rejected by an Egyptian official.

A ship had been due to set off from the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas over the last few days as part of Iran's support to efforts to break Israel's blockade of the strip.

"Following further restrictions imposed by the occupier regime and prevention of a permit for the ship to pass through the Suez Canal, the departure of the Red Crescent ship carrying humanitarian aid has been postponed," the Iranian Red Crescent Society said in a statement on its website.

The Suez Canal Administration said it had not received any request for Iranian vessels to cross the canal en route to Gaza.

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