Tensions between the United States and Iran appear to be increasing after an incident on Sunday when three U.S. warships were approached by Iranian boats in the Strait of Hormuz off the Iranian coast. The U.S. claims five Iranian Revolutionary Guard speedboats came within 500 yards of the U.S. warships and threatened to blow them up.
The Iranian boats backed away before the American warships opened fire. The Pentagon described it as a serious provocation. This is State Department spokesperson Sean McCormack.

Sean McCormack: “We would urge Iran to refrain from any provocative actions that could lead to dangerous incidents in the future… Again, part of what we’re trying to do is make sure that the Iranians don’t have an easy pathway to engage in behaviors of either illicit or antithetical to the interest of the region or the United States.”