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Sunday, April 19, 2020
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard acknowledges encounter with US warships during drill
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard acknowledges it had a tense encounter with US warships in the Persian Gulf last week, but alleges without offering evidence that American forces sparked the incident.
The incident Wednesday saw the US Navy release video of small Iranian fast boats coming close to American warships as they operated in the northern Persian Gulf near Kuwait, with US Army Apache helicopters.
In the Guard’s telling, its forces were on a drill and faced “the unprofessional and provocative actions of the United States and their indifference to warnings.” It says the Americans later withdrew.
The Guard releases no video or evidence to support its allegation. It also accuses American forces of blocking Iranian warships on April 6 and April 7 as well.
— AP
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