{"id":1770,"date":"2017-07-29T12:33:33","date_gmt":"2017-07-29T08:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iransview.com\/?p=1770"},"modified":"2017-07-29T21:15:48","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T16:45:48","slug":"intercepted-by-iran-navy-uss-nimitz-fires-warning-shots-at-iran-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iransview.com\/intercepted-by-iran-navy-uss-nimitz-fires-warning-shots-at-iran-boat\/1770\/","title":{"rendered":"Intercepted by Iran Navy, USS Nimitz Fires Warning Shots at Iran Boat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1771\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/iransview.com\/intercepted-by-iran-navy-uss-nimitz-fires-warning-shots-at-iran-boat\/1770\/130813-n-ib033-318\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iransview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/01.jpg?fit=600%2C405&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,405\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;U.S. Navy&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;130813-N-IB033-318\\rARABIAN GULF (Aug. 13, 2013) Cmdr. Peter M. Collins, right, commanding officer of the Wolf Pack of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 75, is relieved by Cmdr. Thomas F. Foster during a mid-flight change of command ceremony over the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class George J. Penney III\\\/Released)&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;130813-N-IB033-318&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"USS nimitz in persian Gulf\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iransview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/01.jpg?fit=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iransview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/01.jpg?fit=600%2C405&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1771\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iransview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/01.jpg?resize=600%2C405\" alt=\"USS nimitz in persian Gulf\" width=\"600\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iransview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/01.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iransview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/01.jpg?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">A US Navy ship fired warning shots at an armed Iranian patrol boat Friday in the Persian Gulf after being intercepted by Iranian navy, According to a statement issued by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">The statement says at 4 pm on Friday USS Nimitz aircraft carrier approached the Resalat oil-gas block in the Persian Gulf, intercepted by missile boats of IRGC\u2019s Fourth Marine Corps District.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">According to the statement, US navy ship fired warning shots at Iranian boats and a US navy helicopter approached them in a provocative action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">The statement says that the Americans, taking a provocative and unprofessional action, fired warning shots at the Zulfiqar navy boats, with the Islamic warriors pursuing their mission in the region regardless of the unusual behavior of the Americans and the accompanying aircraft carrier and battle-cruiser leaving the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">In a similar incident, The USS Thunderbolt\u00a0fired warning shots at Iranian navy boats operating in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday. IRGC Third Naval District describe US navy action as &#8220;provocative move that was neutralized by IRGC forces&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cThis morning, a US military ship in the north of the Persian Gulf sailed toward an IRGC Navy\u2019s patrol ship, which was patrolling in international waters, and fired two shots into the air for provocation and intimidation,\u201d reads the IRGC \u00a0statement on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">It is not first encounter of Iranian and American navy in the Persian Gulf. In April Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a sarcastic message questioned the US Navy\u2019s presence in the Persian Gulf, 7,500 miles away from the US territory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cBreaking: Our Navy operates in \u2013 yes, correct \u2013 the Persian Gulf, not the Gulf of Mexico,\u201d Iran\u2019s top diplomat said in a tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Breaking: Our Navy operates in \u2014yes, correct\u2014 the Persian Gulf, not the Gulf of Mexico. Question is what US Navy doing 7,500 miles from home <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XfDicbWr5s\">pic.twitter.com\/XfDicbWr5s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Javad Zarif (@JZarif) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JZarif\/status\/857301748456837125\">April 26, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intercepted by Iran Navy, USS Nimitz Fires Warning Shots at Iran Boat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[118,535,92,560,456,455,447],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iransview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/01.jpg?fit=600%2C405&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3ogT0-sy","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iransview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1770"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iransview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iransview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iransview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iransview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1770"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/iransview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1777,"href":"https:\/\/iransview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1770\/revisions\/1777"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iransview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iransview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iransview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iransview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}