Middle East

US ship fires 30 warning shots after Iranian vessels approach fleet


A US coast guard ship fired about 30 warning shots after 13 vessels from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) came close to it and US navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, the Pentagon said on Monday.

A Pentagon spokesman, John Kirby, said the warning shots were fired after the Iranian fast boats came as close as 150 yards (450ft) of six US military vessels that were escorting the guided-missile submarine Georgia.

The US coast guard cutter fired the warning shots from a .50 caliber machine gun before the Iranian vessels left, Kirby said.

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