{"id":41182,"date":"2018-05-15T14:53:36","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T14:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/15\/navy-seeing-no-return-to-irans-harassing-ways-despite-nuclear-deal-demise\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:43:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:43:13","slug":"navy-seeing-no-return-to-irans-harassing-ways-despite-nuclear-deal-demise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/05\/15\/navy-seeing-no-return-to-irans-harassing-ways-despite-nuclear-deal-demise\/","title":{"rendered":"No harassment of US ships by Iran despite nuclear deal demise, says Navy\u2019s top officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH, Atlantic Ocean \u2014 Navy officials say there have been no indications that Iran will be resuming its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2017\/07\/29\/iran-says-us-navy-fires-warning-shots-near-its-vessels\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">harassment<\/a> of U.S. ships in the Persian Gulf in the wake of President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to pull the United States out of the international nuclear deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe haven\u2019t seen anything really change much in the last few weeks and interactions there continue to be professional and safe,\u201d Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson told reporters during a May 14 press briefing onboard the aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adm. Richardson was there to observe joint U.S. and French flight operations.<\/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\/2018\/01\/31\/why-did-iran-stop-harassing-us-navy-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=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/pg.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\">Why did Iran stop harassing US Navy ships?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Iranian ships appear to have stopped harassing U.S. Navy ships in the Persian Gulf, a move that baffles U.S. officials.<\/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\">After over 30 \u201cunsafe or unprofessional incidents\u201d by the Iranian Navy in 2016, such incidents continued into 2017, but mysteriously stopped in August. 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