H/T to TOB for this post.

Various news agencies this morning have reported that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards naval forces apparently tried to provoke a trio of US Navy warships in the Straits of Hormuz. We’ll cite the BBC’s report (the italicized bits are my emphasis):

Iran boats ‘threatened US ships’

Five Iranian speedboats harassed three US navy ships at the weekend, approaching them and radioing a threat to blow them up, US officials say.
The incident happened as the US vessels passed through the Strait of Hormuz, which separates the Arabian peninsula and Iran, Pentagon officials said.
US sailors came close to opening fire, unnamed officials told CNN.
The White House on Monday warned Iran against “provocative actions that could lead to a dangerous incident”.
The speedboats came within about 200m of the US vessels, a Pentagon official told the French news agency AFP.
“I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes,” the Iranians said in a radio transmission, according to the officials.
The Iranian craft turned away “literally at the very moment that US forces were preparing to open fire”, the Associated Press reported, also citing an unnamed Pentagon official.

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