Iranian ships’ actions in Gulf increase risk of miscalculation: White House
Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman transits the Strait of Hormuz.
Actions by Iranian vessels in several encounters with US warships in the Gulf this week are cause for concern and increase risks of miscalculation, the White House said on Friday.
The intentions of the Iranian vessels in the incidents is not clear, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said in a news briefing, but the behavior is unacceptable and “in a compressed space like the Strait of Hormuz it increases the risk associated with possible miscalculations.”
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