Egyptian authorities Sunday denied Iranian claims it has barred a Gaza-bound aid ship sent by the Iranian Red Cresent from entering the Suez Canal. The official Middle East News Agency quoted an official at the Suez Canal Authority ad denying reports on preventing the ship from using the waterway. "The authority is committed to allowing all civil and military ships to cross the canal in line with the Constantinople Agreement signed in 1888," he added. "We have announced so early that we will allow Iranian ships to cross the canal," the Egyptian official said. The Iranian Red Crescent said Sunday the ship's departure had been postponed because of restrictions imposed by Israel and Egypt's barring of the ship from crossing the Suez Canal.