Tehran: TV State of Iran reported Thursday that the Speedboat belonging to the country’s paramilitary revolutionary guard had intercepted US vessels in the Persian Gulf.
A US Navy spokesman said he did not realize such a meeting in the sea for the past few days.
The area remains on the edge of Iran’s increased nuclear program.
Talks in Vienna to revive the 2015 Tehran conformity with the world’s power have stopped since June, without a date to resume.
Iran’s report on Thursday aired the recording that the TV said was filmed from one of the speedboat guards.
It shows a ship with the US flag and several personnel on the board when the speedboat seems to chase it.
A sound was heard in Farsi, saying: “continue to chase them.” The report did not say when the meeting occurred.
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Timothy Hawkins, a 5th fleet spokesman Bahrain Bahrain US, said he was not aware of all types of interactions that were unsafe with Iran in the last two days.
This report is the first report like that in recent months.
In May, the guards rejected the US Navy claim that Iran’s speedboat was approaching quickly in the Strait of Hormuz triggered a tense meeting a day after the US said the revolutionary guard sent 13 armed speedboats that were too close to US naval ships in the Strait.
The United States at that time said the coast guard cutter fired a warning shot when two Iranians came close.
The 2015 nuclear agreement sees Tehran drastically limiting uranium enrichment in return for the removal of economic sanctions.
In 2018, President Donald Trump’s President unilaterally attracted America from an agreement, increasing tensions across the wider Middle East and triggered a series of attacks and incidents.
With talks in Vienna is now jammed, Iran has violated the boundaries set by the agreement and enriches a small amount of uranium to its closest level to the purity of the weapons because the inventory continues to grow.
Iran said its nuclear program was only for peaceful purposes.
State TV said Iran’s speedboat intercepted the US naval vessel
