US ship fires 30 warning shots after Iranian vessels approach fleet

Coast guard vessel takes action after 13 Iranian fast boats come within 150 yards in strait of Hormuz

A US coast guard ship fired about 30 warning shots as a group of 13 Iranian fast boats sped toward US navy vessels in the strait of Hormuz, in what the Pentagon called unsafe and unprofessional" maneuvers by the naval arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGCN).

The incident marked the second time within the last month that US military vessels have had to fire warning shots because of what they said was unsafe behavior by Iranian vessels in the region, after a relative lull in such interactions over the past year.