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Iranian state TV claims boats chased US Navy ship

The US' Fifth Fleet said it was unaware of any such incident.
Iran speedboat

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.

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