U.S. Navy Fires Warning Shots in New Tense Encounter With Iran
An Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy vessel crosses the bow of Coast Guard patrol boat USCGC Monomoy in the Persian Gulf on April 2.
Source: U.S. Navy
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- An American warship fired warning shots when vessels of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard came too close to a patrol in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Navy said Wednesday. It was the first such shooting in nearly four years.
The Navy released black-and-white footage of the encounter Monday night in international waters of the northern reaches of the Persian Gulf near Kuwait, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. In it, lights can be seen in the distance and what appears to be a single gunshot can be heard, with a tracer round racing across the top of the water.