{"id":40575,"date":"2016-08-24T21:41:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T21:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2016\/08\/24\/iranian-boats-harassed-u-s-destroyer-in-persian-gulf\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:40:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:40:36","slug":"iranian-boats-harassed-u-s-destroyer-in-persian-gulf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/2016\/08\/24\/iranian-boats-harassed-u-s-destroyer-in-persian-gulf\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian boats harassed U.S. destroyer in Persian Gulf"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Four Iranian boats approached a U.S. destroyer in the Persian Gulf in a dangerous stunt Tuesday, according to a Navy official.<br\/><br\/>The small Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy\u00a0craft drove within\u00a0within 300 yards of the destroyer Nitze, deployed with the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, near the Strait of Hormuz, said the official\u00a0who was not authorized to speak on the record about the incident.<br\/><br\/>The Navy is calling the incident &#8220;unsafe and unprofessional,&#8221; he said.<br\/><br\/>The destroyer tried various methods to communicate with the incoming four\u00a0boats, he added. Radio calls, the ship&#8217;s whistle, firing flares &#8212; all to no response.<br\/><br\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"4 Iranian Naval Revolutionary Guards vessels \" data-alignment=\"center\" data-object-id=\"00000156-c2b1-d96e-a37f-debb8f130000\" data-type=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/snagfilms-a.akamaihd.net\/16\/c7\/4d96cdd34ab89c863287680be602\/ddg094-160823-irgc-boats-02b.jpg\"\/><figcaption> <span>Seen from USS Nitze, four Iranian Naval Revolutionary Guards vessels make a high-speed approach as the U.S. destroyer was transiting the Strait of Hormuz Tuesday. Also visible are warning flares fired from the destroyer.<\/span><\/figcaption><figcaption> <span>Photo Credit: PO2 Andrew Murray<\/span><\/figcaption><br\/>The boats ultimately came within a few hundred yards of Nitze before turning around, the official said.\u00a0The U.S. Navy said the incident occurred in international waters.<br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, the Iranian defense minister said Iran&#8217;s naval forces will warn or confront any foreign ship entering the country&#8217;s territorial waters, The Associated Press reported. <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the AP, the semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted Gen. Hosein Dehghan as saying that &#8220;if any foreign vessel enters our waters, we warn them, and if it&#8217;s an invasion, we confront.&#8221; He added that Iranian boats patrol to monitor traffic and foreign vessels in its territorial waters. <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4607\" height=\"3066\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nav-iranian-boats.JPG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nav-iranian-boats.JPG.jpg 4607w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nav-iranian-boats.JPG.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nav-iranian-boats.JPG.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nav-iranian-boats.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,681 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nav-iranian-boats.JPG.jpg?resize=1536,1022 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nav-iranian-boats.JPG.jpg?resize=2048,1363 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4607px) 100vw, 4607px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">160625-N-TC720-116 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (June 25, 2016) USS Nitze (DDG 94) transits the Mediterranean Sea June 25, 2016. Nitze is conducting a routine patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mat Murch\/Released)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Four small Iranian boats drove within 300 yards of destroyer Nitze while transiting the Strait of Hormuz.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Photo Credit: MC2 Mat Murch\/Navy<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Navy video of the incident obtained by The Associated Press shows American sailors on the Nitze firing flares and sounding the warship&#8217;s horn as the Iranian boats approached. <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier, Adm. 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The IRGCN also arrested 10 riverine sailors at gunpoint after they strayed into Iranian waters and held them for day, an incident which Iranian officials proclaimed as a victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Iranian boats approached a destroyer in the Persian Gulf in a dangerous stunt Tuesday, according to a Navy 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