The Iranian vessel came within 1,000 meters of the USS Mahan, prompting the guided-missile destroyer to ‘deploy a flare to determine the vessel’s intentions’A US Navy guided-missile destroyer fired a warning flare toward an Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessel coming near it in the Persian Gulf, an American official said on Wednesday, the latest tense naval encounter between the two countries. US navy destroyer fires warning shots at speeding Iranian vessels Read moreThe Iranian vessel came within 1,000 meters (1,100 yards) of the Mahan during the incident, the lieutenant said. Iranian authorities did not immediately report the incident, but Iran’s foreign minister appeared to reference it in a tweet Wednesday. “Breaking: Our Navy operates in – yes, correct – the Persian Gulf, not the Gulf of Mexico. Javad Zarif (@JZarif) Breaking: Our Navy operates in —yes, correct— the Persian Gulf, not the Gulf of Mexico.

Source: The Guardian April 26, 2017 19:52 UTC