US Warship Shooed Away by Iranian Destroyer

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US Warship Shooed Away by Iranian Destroyer in Gulf of Aden

TEHRAN (FNA)- A US warship and military planes changed their direction as they were patrolling in the Gulf of Aden after they came close to an Iranian naval fleet and were warned to move away.

According to a report released by Iranian TV’s news agency, 2 US reconnaissance planes named P3C (Papa 3 Charlie) and US Navy destroyer, DDG81, approached several Iranian warships in a provocative move, ignoring the internationally set 5-mile standard distance from Iran’s 34th fleet of warships deployed in the Gulf of Aden on Monday.

The US Navy vessel and planes then received a warning from Iranian Destroyer ‘Alborz’, and rapidly changed direction, added the report.

“Checking foreign warships in the international waters and surveilling potential threats to Iran’s national interests is our essential responsibility,” the commander of the 34th flotilla of warships, Commodore Mostafa Tajeddini, said on Tuesday.

The Navy’s 34th Fleet, comprising Alborz destroyer and Bushehr helicopter-carrier warship, is conducting anti-piracy patrols in the high seas and Gulf of Aden.

The mission of the 34th fleet will last about three months in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea.

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Source: english.farsnews.com