US Navy fires warning shots at Iranian ship in Gulf
These are external links and will open in a new window/ A US Navy ship has fired warning shots at an Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessel in the Gulf, US officials say. It happened at around 03:00 local time (00:00 GMT), as the Iranian ship began to approach the USS Thunderbolt. A US defence official said the boat came within 450ft (137m), and ignored radio calls and the ship's whistle. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard is a paramilitary force that answers directly to Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. "The IRGCN boat was coming in ...
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