Iran's Guards blame U.S. ship for warning shots incident in Gulf | THE DAILY STAR

Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Tuesday accused a U.S. Coast Guard ship of "provocation" after it fired warning shots against Iranian military boats that approached it in the Gulf.

The Pentagon said on Monday the U.S. Coast Guard ship Maui fired about 30 warning shots after 13 fast boats from the Revolutionary Guards' navy came close to it and other American Navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Gulf.

A Revolutionary Guards statement accused U.S. naval ships of "unprofessional behaviour such as flying helicopters, firing flares and aimless and provocative shooting"....REUTERS