A fishermen body here today decided to hold a rally here on February 24 demanding the Centre's intervention to secure the release of 11 fishermen, jailed in Iran for more than two months.
At a meeting here, the Tamilnadu Fishing Workers Federation of Muthupettai Indhira Nagar Coast also decided to submit a memorandum to the District Collector, federation Secretary Krishnamurthy told reporters here.
He said if they 11 fishermen were not released, they would picket the Office of the Iran Consul General.
The fishermen were arrested by the Iran navy on Dec 1 and had not been released so far.
They also demanded relief to the families of the fishermen now jailed in Iran, as given to Indian fishermen languishing in Sri lankan prisons.
