On Friday, the Iranian Consulate General said 10 fishermen who had been detained in the UAE had been released, Press TV reports.
It noted that they had left the UAE and were heading towards Bandar Abbas.
On 14 July, Iran began repatriating 55 fishermen detained by the UAE.
The fishermen, most of them from Hormozgan and Sistan and Baluchestan provinces, were detained by the UAE Coast Guard in March and April after disruptions to GPS and vessel-tracking systems caused their boats to stray into Emirati waters.
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The fishermen spent more than two months in detention at the Sweihan detention centre and prisons in Ras al-Khaimah and Sharjah before being released.
Iran and the United Arab Emirates have periodically coordinated through consular channels to secure the release and repatriation of fishermen detained after inadvertently crossing maritime boundaries.
According to Press TV, the recent US-Israeli war against Iran triggered widespread disruptions to GPS and vessel-tracking systems across the region, causing numerous fishing boats to lose their bearings and contributing to an increase in such incidents.
