US ship fires warning shots in encounter with Iranian boats

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say a group of 13 armed speedboats of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard made “unsafe and unprofessional” high-speed maneuvers toward U.S. Navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.

A U.S. Coast Guard cutter fired warning shots when two of the Iranian boats came dangerously close.

It was the second time in two weeks that a U.S. ship opened fire to warn off Revolutionary Guard vessels.

The encounters come as the United States and Iran are in indirect talks in Vienna aimed at reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which the United States left in 2018.