Iranian state TV claims boats chased US Navy ship
The US' Fifth Fleet said it was unaware of any such incident.
Iranian state television aired footage Thursday claiming to show Iranian Revolutionary Guard fast boats approaching a US Navy ship, but the US has not confirmed the incident.
A spokesperson for the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet, Cdr. Tim Hawkins, told the Associated Press today that he was unaware of any recent unsafe encounters with Iranian vessels.
Such run-ins have occurred occasionally in the Persian Gulf over the past several years.
Fast approaches by Iranian boats, which the US often describes as “unsafe” and “unprofessional," have at times ceased for a period and later restarted without public explanation. Iran frequently denies US accusations surrounding such maneuvers.
