US army confronts Iranian boats again in Persian Gulf | Abroad

“A large group of Iranian Revolutionary Guard ships carried out maneuvers in an unsafe and unprofessional manner, disregarding the security of the US armed forces,” said John Kirby, the Pentagon’s press secretary.

Kirby states that the Iranian boats were approaching a group of six US Navy ships “at high speed”. They would have come about 135 meters away. “In accordance with the standard procedure, we honked and communicated via, among other things, a radio link, after which about thirty warning shots were fired,” said Kirby. “They left after the second round with warning shots.”

According to the press secretary, it was not immediately clear who instructed the boats.

Similar incidents have occurred more frequently in recent years, although it has been relatively quiet in the past year. In late April, a US military ship fired additional warning shots after three Iranian Navy boats got too close to the vessel and another US patrol boat in the Persian Gulf.

It is also very restless at the moment in Israel hated by Iran. The Temple Mount has seen clashes with Palestinians in recent days and last night the IDF carried out air strikes on Gaza. America is known as an ally of the “Zionist State,” as Israel is called in Tehran.

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