WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - Eleven vessels from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) came dangerously close to US Navy and Coast Guard ships in the Gulf, the US military said on Wednesday (April 15), calling the moves 'dangerous and provocative.'. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - Eleven vessels from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy came dangerously close to US Navy and Coast Guard ships in the Gulf, the US military said on Wednesday , calling the moves"dangerous and provocative."
According to the statement, the Iranian vessels approached six US military ships while they were conducting integration operations with Army helicopters in international waters.The US ships issued several warnings through bridge-to-bridge radio, blasts from the ships' horns and long-range acoustic noise maker devices.There was no mention of the incident in Iranian media.
Tensions between Iran and the United States increased earlier this year after the United States killed Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, in a drone strike in Iraq. Earlier this month President Donald Trump said that Iran or its proxies planned a sneak attack on US targets in Iraq, and warned they would pay a"very heavy price."
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