US Destroyer Fired Warning Shots At Four Iranian Vessels In Strait Of Hormuz

[Draco.IMF]

Obonga Obama desperate to start war/false flag before Trumps inaugoration!

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-...ning-shots-four-iranian-vessels-strait-hormuz

 

[Vishvamitra]

Iran should get Nukes and ICBMs ASAP

 

[unleashed]

WTF, what US destroyer doing there?

 

[Hassan Guy]

Iran should get Nukes and ICBMs ASAP

Iran is not a retarded suicidal country.

 

[Draco.IMF]

WTF, what US destroyer doing there?

you see it wrong! HOW DARE IRANIANS COME SO CLOSE THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER!

 

[unleashed]

you see it wrong! HOW DARE IRANIANS COME SO CLOSE THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER!

haha. Aqal bari k bhans??

 

[haman10]

Well i don't know what they thought that would lead in to, but i know IRGC ...

next time things will get super ugly

 

[LeGenD]

Well i don't know what they thought that would lead in to, but i know IRGC ...

next time things will get super ugly

What do you mean by that?

This is not a unique incident. Similar incidents have occurred in the past without any violence.

 

[Penguin]

Obonga Obama desperate to start war/false flag before Trumps inaugoration!

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-...ning-shots-four-iranian-vessels-strait-hormuz

What a BS comment.

 

[VEVAK]

IRGC boats don't get closer than 1 km to military vessels UNLESS that vessel was approaching Iranian territory!!!

And if Iran's Military intended to harm a U.S. vessel they wouldn't use a single speed boat to do it!

 

[AmirPatriot]

HOW DARE IRANIANS COME SO CLOSE THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER!

US is the Coast Guard of the entire world, they have every right to be there!

 

[Penguin]

WTF, what US destroyer doing there?

operating in accordance with international law in international waters

you see it wrong! HOW DARE IRANIANS COME SO CLOSE THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER!

IRGC ignored maritime "rules of the road" as set out in the 1972 Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, ignoring multiple warnings, creating a dangerous, harassing environment.

As a reminder, the article states, there are temporarily no US aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf region at this moment. So, perhaps read first before opening yer mouth.

IRGC boats don't get closer than 1 km to military vessels UNLESS that vessel was approaching Iranian territory!!!

And if Iran's Military intended to harm a U.S. vessel they wouldn't use a single speed boat to do it!

As the article states "a U.S. Navy destroyer fired three warning shots at four of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps vessels"

Approaching territorial waters means 'still in international waters' and that means 'abide by the internationally established traffic rules'. Of course, Hormuz Strait is rather narrow. But international has paid special attention to such situations as passage through straits, including UNCLOS, to which Iran is a signatory.

 

[AmirPatriot]

UNCLOS, to which Iran is a signatory.

And to which America isn't. I see no reason why they should get any benefit from it.

 

[Penguin]

And to which America isn't. I see no reason why they should get any benefit from it.

Still means Iran has to abide by it. Irrespectve of US. There is enough additional, older international law outside of unclos which applies anyway.

 

[AmirPatriot]

Still means Iran has to abide by it. Irrespectve of US. There is enough additional, older international law outside of unclos which applies anyway.

Regardless, this is no issue of treaties. Iran is not getting irritated because the US is not a party to UNCLOS. Iran is irritated because the US maintains a significant military presence in the region exclusively aimed at Iran. Regardless of treaty obligations, Iran isn't going to welcome them with open arms.