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IRGC Foils US Warship’s Provocation in Gulf

IRGC Foils US Warship’s Provocation in Gulf
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Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps' [IRGC] public relations office said it had foiled the US warship's provocative move against an Iranian Navy patrol boat in the Gulf.

IRGC Foils US Warship’s Provocation in Gulf

The statement released after reports in foreign media about firing of warning shots at the Iranian patrol boat in the Gulf.

A US warship moved towards an Iranian navy patrol boat and aiming to instigate and frighten the Iranian boat, fired two warning shots, the statement added.

It noted: "IRGC navy patrol boat continued its mission, ignoring the unprofessional and provocative move by the US warship and the warship left the zone after a while."

Iran has also repeatedly warned that any act of transgression into Iran's territorial waters would be met with an immediate and befitting response.

A US Navy ship and three British Royal Navy boats were forced to change course when several Iranian fast-attack vessels approached them in the Strait of Hormuz in March.

In January last year, Iran's Navy arrested the crews of two US patrol boats that had trespassed on Iranian territorial waters. Iran released them after establishing that they had done so by mistake.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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