Five Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats harassed and provoked three U.S. Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil shipping route off the Iranian coast.
Citing unidentified U.S. officials, CNN said the Iranian vessels came within 200 yards (meters) of the U.S. ships in international waters in the strait of Hormuz, and Sailors came very close to opening fire.
The Iranian were allegedly “attack craft” that made threating maneuvers against the Navy vessels and threatening radio transmissions.
A radio transmission from one of the Iranian ships said, “I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes.”
After the radio transmission the Navy ships prepared to fire, but at the last second the Iranian ships turned away.
Considering that the U.S. has two aircraft carriers off the coast of Iran, it’s amazing that the Iranians could act in such a provocative fashion.
-Chris Jones
