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The US Navy has rescued five Iranian sailors injured in an explosion that erupted on their vessel and seized its cargo of illegal drugs, a statement said Thursday. “US Navy personnel rescued five mariners December 15 after a fire caused an explosion aboard their vessel, which was smuggling illicit drugs while transiting the Gulf of Oman,” the US Naval Forces Central Command, or NAVCENT, said. “Sailors from Sirocco safely rescued five mariners injured in the explosion. One mariner remains missing.” Two of the five sailors, who identified themselves as Iranian, were immediately transported to Om…