(MENAFN) Iran had denied US accusations that its attack to boats were "harassing" warships at the mouth of the Gulf and Washington would be responsible for any clashes in the key oil shipping route.
US Navy commanders had said that Iran is jeopardizing international navigating by "harassing" warships passing through the Strait of Hormuz and said future incidents could result in miscalculation and lead to an armed clashes.
Earlier, US aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush confronted what one of the commanding officers described as two sets of Iranian Navy fast-attack boats that had approached a U.S.-led, five-vessel flotilla as it entered the Strait on Tuesday on a journey from the Indian Ocean into the Gulf
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