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Crew on Iranian ship rescued in Yangtze river: state media

BEIJING -- A rescue operation Sunday airlifted 37 crew members from an Iranian-registered cargo ship that ran aground in heavy weather at the mouth of China's Yangtze river, state media said.

Helicopters dispatched by China's transport ministry succeeded in pulling the multi-national crew of Iranians, Bangladeshis and Malaysians off the distressed ship, China Central Television reported.

One crew member was hospitalised with a heart condition and another injured during the operation, a maritime official said in the report.

Earlier, state Xinhua news agency reported that a crew of 36 were onboard the Iranian-registered vessel that was identified as the Zoorik and which was on the brink of capsizing.

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