{"id":57813,"date":"2021-05-11T18:25:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T18:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/05\/11\/iran-rejects-claim-that-its-speedboats-sparked-encounter-with-us-vessels-in-strait-of-hormuz\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:48:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:48:43","slug":"iran-rejects-claim-that-its-speedboats-sparked-encounter-with-us-vessels-in-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2021\/05\/11\/iran-rejects-claim-that-its-speedboats-sparked-encounter-with-us-vessels-in-strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran rejects claim that its speedboats sparked encounter with US vessels in Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=067ffca4-9344-42b9-9b8f-7ba48fb50f4d\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-067ffca4-9344-42b9-9b8f-7ba48fb50f4d.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. forces exercised lawful defensive measures after Iranian vessels ignored repeated verbal and acoustic warnings May 10, 2021, in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TEHRAN, Iran \u2014 Iran\u2019s powerful Revolutionary Guard on Tuesday rejected the U.S. Navy\u2019s claim that fast-approaching Iranian speedboats in the Strait of Hormuz sparked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/05\/10\/us-coast-guard-cutter-maui-fires-30-warning-shots-at-iranian-fast-attack-boats-harassing-navy-uscg-ships\/\" target=\"_blank\">a tense encounter <\/a>in the already sensitive region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Guard\u2019s website, sepahnews.com, published a statement Tuesday saying Americans were guilty of using \u201cfalse narratives and unprofessional behavior\u201d and should more strictly \u201cabide by international regulations.\u201d Specifically, the statement said the Guard\u2019s navy warned the U.S. vessels to stop their \u201cprovocative and aimless shooting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A day earlier, the U.S. said the Revolutionary Guard sent 13 armed speedboats too close to U.S. Navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. The Americans said a Coast Guard cutter fired warning shots when two of the Iranian boats came dangerously close.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/05\/10\/us-coast-guard-cutter-maui-fires-30-warning-shots-at-iranian-fast-attack-boats-harassing-navy-uscg-ships\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6638401.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US Coast Guard cutter Maui fires 30 warning shots at Iranian fast-attack boats harassing Navy, USCG ships<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A total of 13 Iranian fast in-shore attack craft were involved in a high-speed approach of six U.S. ships in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exchange comes as the United States and Iran engage in indirect talks in Vienna aimed at reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which the United States left in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pentagon spokesman John Kirby declined to comment when asked about the Iranians\u2019 intentions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSadly, harassment by the IRGC Navy is not a new phenomenon. It is something that all of our commanding officers and the crews of our vessels are trained to for,\u201d Kirby told reporters at the Pentagon. \u201cThis activity is the kind of activity that could lead to somebody getting hurt and could lead to a real miscalculation there in the region, and that doesn\u2019t serve anybody\u2019s interests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21130768740077.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21130768740077.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21130768740077.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21130768740077.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21130768740077.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21130768740077.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy fast in-shore attack craft speeds near U.S. naval vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz on May 10, 2021. (U.S. Navy via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was the second time in two weeks that a U.S. ship opened fire to warn vessels of Iran\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On April 26, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/04\/27\/us-fires-warning-shots-at-iranian-fast-attack-boats-harassing-navy-coast-guard-ships\/\" target=\"_blank\">an American warship fired warning shots<\/a> when vessels of Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard came too close to a patrol in the Persian Gulf. That was the first such shooting in nearly four years. The Navy released black-and-white footage of that encounter in international waters of the northern reaches of the Persian Gulf near Kuwait, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/04\/27\/us-fires-warning-shots-at-iranian-fast-attack-boats-harassing-navy-coast-guard-ships\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210402-N-NO146-1001.jfif_.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US fires warning shots at Iranian fast-attack boats harassing Navy, Coast Guard ships<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Iranian vessels approached the U.S. ships at \u201can unnecessarily close range with unknown intent,\u201d the Navy said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the latest incident, Kirby said 13 Iranian vessels maneuvered at high speed toward six Navy ships that were escorting the guided-missile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/12\/21\/us-navy-announces-nuclear-submarine-passage-of-strait-of-hormuz-amid-tensions-with-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\">submarine USS Georgia <\/a>through the Strait on Monday. The sub was sailing on the surface. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The six Navy escort ships included the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey. A day earlier, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/05\/09\/us-navy-seizes-arms-shipment-in-arabian-sea-likely-bound-for-yemen\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Monterey had intercepted an arms shipment <\/a>aboard a dhow in the Arabian Sea apparently headed for Yemen, whose Houthi rebels are supported by Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey were acting very aggressively,\u201d Kirby said of the Iranian boats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1344\" height=\"756\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6638401.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6638401.jpg.jpg 1344w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6638401.jpg.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6638401.jpg.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6638401.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1344px) 100vw, 1344px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Two Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy fast in-shore attack craft, a type of speedboat armed with machine guns, conducted unsafe and unprofessional maneuvers while operating in close proximity to USCGC Maui (WPB 1304) as it transits the Strait of Hormuz with other U.S. naval vessels, May 10, 2021. (U.S. Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At one point, two of the Iranian boats broke away from the others and positioned themselves on the other side of the U.S. ship formation. The two then sped toward some of the U.S. ships. In an attempt to de-escalate the situation, U.S. crews issued multiple warnings to both groups of Iranian boats, including repeated bridge-to-bridge verbal warnings, said Navy Cmdr. Rebecca Rebarich, a Navy 5th Fleet spokesperson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the two Iranian boats failed to respond to the multiple warnings and closed to within 300 yards, the Coast Guard cutter Maui fired a volley of warning shots from its .50-caliber machine gun. It fired another volley when the Iranian boats got within 150 yards.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/newsletters\/daily-news-roundup\/2021\/05\/09\/us-navy-seizes-arms-shipment-in-arabian-sea-likely-bound-for-yemen\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21129082660320.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US Navy seizes arms shipment in Arabian Sea likely bound for Yemen<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p 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