Sources said the ship sank while it was traveling on the Khor Abdullah canal between Iraq and Kuwait.
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An image from the Marine Traffic tracking website showed the Behbahan’s last known position off the territorial water border diving Kuwait and Iraq 2:18 GMT.
Iraqi rescue ships rushed to rescue the crew members of the Behbahan, according to several Iraqi news websites.
Five other crew members are feared dead.
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