US sends formal protest to Iran over incident
The United States sent a formal protest to Iran on Thursday over an incident in which Iranian speedboats aggressively approached US Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the State Department said.
- Iran releases own video of US Gulf incident (1 10, 2008 China Daily)
- U.S. dismisses Iran's claim on fabricated video
(1 9, 2008 Xinhua English)
Latest News
- Iran releases own video of US Gulf incident (1 10, 2008 China Daily)
- Pentagon says Iranian boats "seriously provoked" U.S. warships in Hormuz (1 9, 2008 Xinhua English)
- Iranian boats, U.S. Navy warships in standoff (1 9, 2008 Xinhua English)
- Transcript of Iran-US Navy clash (1 9, 2008 China Daily)
- Pentagon says Iranian boats "seriously provoked" U.S. warships in Hormuz (1 9, 2008 Xinhua English)
- U.S. warns Iran against confronting its naval ships (1 9, 2008 Xinhua English)
- U.S. warns Iran over provocative actions (1 9, 2008 Xinhua English)
- Iran: Hormuz ship incident U.S. "psychological, propaganda campaign" (1 9, 2008 xinhuanet)
- Bush calls Iran-U.S. sea confrontation "provocative" (1 8, 2008 Xinhua English)
- Pentagon says ships harassed by Iran (1 7, 2008 China Daily)
Iran's Stance
- Iran's IRGC officer: U.S. video of Hormuz ship incident fake (1 9, 2008 Xinhua English)
- Report: Iran denies threat to U.S. navy vessels (1 9, 2008 Xinhua English)
- Iran calls incident with U.S. naval ships "normal" (1 9, 2008 Xinhua English)
- Spokesman: Iran has no plan to normalize ties with U.S. (1 9, 2008 Xinhua English)
Iran-US Relations
- U.S. urges Iran to take steps to improve ties (12 11, 2007 xinhuanet)
- Spokesman: U.S. "absolutely committed" to diplomacy with Iran (1 9, 2008 Xinhua English)
- U.S. imposes new sanctions against Iran (1 9, 2008 Xinhua English)
- U.S. recommitted to diplomacy with Iran over nuke issue (1 9, 2008 Xinhua English)
- U.S. drafts new sanction bill against Iran (1 9, 2008 Xinhua English)
- Official: U.S. not considering military action against Iran (1 9, 2008 Xinhua English)
Video
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