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US Navy fires warning shots in new tense tiff with Iran

Says Revolutionary Guard vessels came too close to a patrol boat in the Persian Gulf; Iran yet to acknowledge incident

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Photo released by the US Navy shows an Iranian vessel cut in front of the U.S. Coast Guard ship USCGC Monomoy in the Persian Gulf. Pic/AP

Photo released by the US Navy shows an Iranian vessel cut in front of the U.S. Coast Guard ship USCGC Monomoy in the Persian Gulf. Pic/AP

An American warship fired warning shots when vessels of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard came too close to a patrol boat in the Persian Gulf, the US Navy said Wednesday.

The Navy released black-and-white footage of the encounter Monday night in international waters of the northern reaches of the Persian Gulf. In it, lights can be seen in the distance and what appears to be a single gunshot can be heard, with a tracer round racing across the top of the water.

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