Sarvari, as the member of Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, stressed "Iran considers a diplomatic solution to the issue reached through international cooperation the better option," adding that "however, the military approach is among the options that Iran's National Security Commission is mulling over."
Earlier in November, Somalia pirates hijacked a Hong Kong cargoship in the Gulf of Aden near the coast of Yemen which was chartered by an Iranian company. They took its 25 crew as hostage.
The vessel Delight, loaded with 36,000 tons of wheat, was bound for Iran's Bandar Abbas Port when it was hijacked.
More than 80 ships are estimated to have been attacked in the African waters so far this year, with about a dozen of ships believed to be in the hands of pirates along with some 200 crew members.
Each year about 20,000 vessels pass through the Gulf of Aden, which links Indian Ocean with Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea.
Escalating pirate hijackings have activated involvement of multi-coalition naval force to patrol the world's most dangerous waters.
In recent months, multinational task force based in Djibouti has been patrolling parts of the Gulf of Aden and Red Sea, where pirating is rife.
