TEHRAN – Foreign media quoted a Pentagon official as claiming that four Iranian boats have intercepted a U.S. destroyer in the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf.

According to Russia Today, the Iranian boats closely approached the American destroyer, USS Nitze, at a high speed in the vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf waters.

An un-named U.S. official claimed that the Iranian boats had come within 300 yards of the USS Nitze.

The U.S. official described the proximity of the Iranian boats to the U.S. destroyer as “harassing” and “dangerous.”

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