U.S. Fires Warning Flare During Tense Naval Encounter With Iran In Persian Gulf
(WorldNews Iran)

Another naval encounter between Iran and the United States in the Persian Gulf took place this week when a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer was forced to fire a warning flare toward an Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessel approaching it, an American official told The Associated Press. The Monday incident occurred as the Iranian vessel attempted to sidle up to the USS Mahan despite the destroyer trying to turn away from it, said Lt. Ian McConnaughey, a spokesman for the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet. In a statement to The Associated Press, McConnaughey reported the `Mahan made several attempts to contact the Iranian vessel by bridge-to-bridge radio, issuing warning messages and twice sounding the...