‘Dangerous & harassing’? WATCH Iranian boats buzz US Navy vessels ‘patrolling’ Persian Gulf

The United States Navy has accused the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps of threatening and “unsafe” actions, stating that IRGC vessels approached American warships conducting “maritime security” operations in the Persian Gulf.

Eleven Iranian vessels buzzed a number of American ships on Wednesday, the US Navy said in a statement, calling the maneuvers “harassing … dangerous and provocative.” The US Fifth Fleet, based in Bahrain, later published footage of the encounter, showing several smaller IRGC craft in close range to a US ship.

“Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) vessels conducted unsafe and unprofessional actions against US Military ships by crossing the ships’ bows and sterns at close range while operating in international waters of the North Arabian Gulf,” the Fifth Fleet said, noting that the US warships there were merely “conducting joint interoperability operations in support of maritime security.”

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