Iran Vessels Harassed U.S. Destroyer Near Persian Gulf, Navy Says
Fifth Fleet spokesman calls interaction ‘unsafe and unprofessional’
Four ships from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps harassed a U.S. destroyer near the Persian Gulf in what the U.S. Navy called an “unsafe and unprofessional” interaction.
The USS Nitze, an Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer, was transiting international waters near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday when the four Iranian vessels approached at high speed and failed to respond to 12 separate radio communications,...