TEHRAN, Jan 13 (Reuters) - An Iranian ship carrying aid to Gaza was stopped by Israel's navy on its way towards the Palestinian territory, Iran's state radio reported on Tuesday.

"An Iranian ship that was carrying foodstuff and medicine was stopped by the Zionist regime's navy 20 miles off the coast of Gaza," radio reported, adding that the ship had left the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas 13 days earlier. (Reporting by Hashem Kalantari, writing by Edmund Blair)

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