Iran fires warning shots across bow of cargo ship
WASHINGTON (AP) — Iranian patrol vessels fired warning shots across the bridge of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo vessel that was traversing the Strait of Hormuz in Iranian territorial waters, a Pentagon official said Tuesday. Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, said the cargo ship's master had initially refused an Iranian order to move further into Iranian waters, but after the warning shots were fired the MV Maersk Tigris complied. The cargo ship, which had more than 30 people aboard, was directed to waters near Larak Island, he ...
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