Re the Red Cross/Red Crescent angle: Note that they’re now claiming there are at least TWO separate ships, and another link says the Iranian “volunteers” have already left Iran.
I lost the link but it’s at alertnet from Reuters. Will try to find it.
Here’s the link: www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE65D0HG.htm It states that the 100,000 volunteers are from the Iranian Red Crescent “youth society”.