TEHRAN, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Two fishing boats were targeted in a drone attack off Iran's southern coast on Monday night, leaving a number of fishermen missing, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.
The attack was carried out off the coast of the southern port city of Kargan and near Larak Island, Mehr cited Ahmad Nafisi, Hormozgan province's deputy governor for political and security affairs, as saying.
Search and rescue operations have been launched to find the fishermen, Nafisi added, noting that further details of the incident will be announced after investigation.
