Iranian frigate Sabalan Iranian frigate Sabalan Sabalan (in Persian سبلان) is a British-made Vosper Mark V-class (or ) frigate in the Iranian Navy. Commissioned in June 1972 as part of a four-ship order, the "Sabalan" was originally named IIS "Rostam", after Rostam, a legendary hero in the Shahnameh, but was renamed after the Islamic revolution for Sabalan, the Iranian mountain. During the Iran–Iraq War, the warship became infamous for attacks against the crews of unarmed and often neutral tankers and other merchant ships. Before these attacks, "Sabalan"s captain would often board the ships and pretend to carry out a friendly inspection, sometimes even
Sabalan, Safad tomb of Nabi Sabalan was sacred to the Druze, At the centre of the village stood a mosque. In the 1922 census of Palestine "Sabalan" had a population of 68; all Muslim, increasing in the 1931 census, to 94 Muslims, in 18 houses. By the 1945 statistics the population was 70 Muslims, with a total of 1,798 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, a total of 421 dunums were used for cereals; 144 dunums were irrigated or used for plantations, while a 14 dunams were built-up (urban) area. On October 30, 1948, during