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Four Iranian vessels intercept U.S. destroyer around Strait of Hormuz: media

Xinhua, August 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

Four Iranian vessels carried out a "high-speed intercept" of a U.S. destroyer on Tuesday around the Strait of Hormuz, local media reported on Wednesday.

Citing a U.S. Navy official who spoke on condition of anonymity, Fox News reported that the United States deemed the incident "unsafe and unprofessional", adding that two of the Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps vessels came within 300 yards of the USS Nitze.

The USS Nitze, navigating in what the U.S. official described as "international waters" at the time of the incident, was forced to change its course, Fox News reported.

The incident took place seven months after 10 U.S. sailors were detained by Iran for about 15 hours after their vessels drifted into Iranian territorial waters early this year.

A Navy investigation later found that faulty navigation equipment did not indicate the vessels' position in Iranian waters. Furthermore, one of the vessel had mechanical problems that delayed their potential transit out of those waters. Endit