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Iran military vessel pointed weapon at US helicopter, Pentagon officials say
Incident took place in Strait of Hormuz on Saturday
Officials: ‘The behavior by our standards is provocative’
The Strait of Hormuz
The Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Gulf has been a repeated flashpoint between US and Iranian military forces. Photograph: InterNetwork Media/Getty Images
Reuters in Washington
Monday 28 November 2016 22.40 GMT
A small Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard vessel pointed its weapon at a US military helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz at the weekend, two US defense officials have told Reuters, an action they described as “unsafe and unprofessional”.
The incident is the latest in a series of similar actions by Iranian vessels this year, but the first reported since Donald Trump won the US presidential election on 8 November.
Obama administration denies secret loopholes in Iran nuclear agreement
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During his campaign, Trump vowed that any Iranian vessel that harassed the US navy in the Gulf would be “shot out of the water”, if he was elected. Trump is due to take office on 20 January.
There was no immediate Iranian comment on the incident. Trump’s transition team did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the incident took place on Saturday, when a navy MH-60 helicopter flew within half a mile (0.8km) of two Iranian vessels in international waters. One of the vessels pointed a weapon at the helicopter, the US officials said.
“The behavior by our standards is provocative and could be seen as an escalation,” the officials said. At no point did the crew of the helicopter feel threatened, they added.
It was not immediately clear what type of weapon was pointed at the US aircraft.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?238352-Iranian-Revolution-Guards-wanna-welcome-Trump-at-sea-using-heavy-machine-guns&goto=newpost).
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-us-helicopter (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/28/iran-military-vessel-pointed-weapon-us-helicopter)
Iran military vessel pointed weapon at US helicopter, Pentagon officials say
Incident took place in Strait of Hormuz on Saturday
Officials: ‘The behavior by our standards is provocative’
The Strait of Hormuz
The Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Gulf has been a repeated flashpoint between US and Iranian military forces. Photograph: InterNetwork Media/Getty Images
Reuters in Washington
Monday 28 November 2016 22.40 GMT
A small Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard vessel pointed its weapon at a US military helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz at the weekend, two US defense officials have told Reuters, an action they described as “unsafe and unprofessional”.
The incident is the latest in a series of similar actions by Iranian vessels this year, but the first reported since Donald Trump won the US presidential election on 8 November.
Obama administration denies secret loopholes in Iran nuclear agreement
Read more
During his campaign, Trump vowed that any Iranian vessel that harassed the US navy in the Gulf would be “shot out of the water”, if he was elected. Trump is due to take office on 20 January.
There was no immediate Iranian comment on the incident. Trump’s transition team did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the incident took place on Saturday, when a navy MH-60 helicopter flew within half a mile (0.8km) of two Iranian vessels in international waters. One of the vessels pointed a weapon at the helicopter, the US officials said.
“The behavior by our standards is provocative and could be seen as an escalation,” the officials said. At no point did the crew of the helicopter feel threatened, they added.
It was not immediately clear what type of weapon was pointed at the US aircraft.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?238352-Iranian-Revolution-Guards-wanna-welcome-Trump-at-sea-using-heavy-machine-guns&goto=newpost).