Iranian Ships - Iran Revolutionary Guards Harass U.S. Navy In Strait of Hormuz
January 7, 2008
Iranian ships manned by Iran Revolutionary Guard members “harassed and provoked” three U.S. naval ships in international waters over the weekend.The U.S. military reported Monday the “significant” confrontation involved 5 Iranian ships.
U.S. military officials said the incident occurred Saturday night in the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow shipping channel leading in and out of the Persian Gulf.
The five Iranian ships made “threatening” moves in one case coming within 200 yards of a U.S. ship, the U.S. officials said.
In one radio transmission, the Iranians told the U.S. Navy: “I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes,” U.S. military officials stated.
When the U.S. ships heard that radio transmission, they manned their gun positions and officers were “in the process” of giving the order to fire when the Iranians abruptly turned away, the U.S. officials said. See a map of the Strait of Hormuz »
No shots were fired and no one was injured in the confrontation.
One of the Iranian ships had been dropping white boxes into the water in front of the U.S. ships.
No additional details were immediately available.
In November, the U.S. military reported that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps had taken command of that country’s naval operations in the Persian Gulf.
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