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Wednesday 30 Dec 2015 - 12:28 Makkah mean time-19-3-1437
Iran's navy launches rocket during a drill (AP file image)
Washington (IINA) – Iranian naval vessels conducted rocket tests last week near U.S. warships and commercial traffic passing through the Strait of Hormuz, the American military said Wednesday.
U.S. Central Command spokesman Kyle Raines said in a statement that Iranian Revolutionary Guard naval vessels fired "several unguided rockets" about 1,370 meters from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, the USS Bulkeley destroyer and a French frigate. He added that commercial sea traffic also was nearby, according to NBC News.
Raines said the Iranian vessels announced over maritime radio that they would carry out a live fire exercise only 23 minutes beforehand.
Iran's "actions were highly provocative," he said, adding: "Firing weapons so close to passing coalition ships and commercial traffic within an internationally recognized maritime traffic lane is unsafe, unprofessional and inconsistent with international maritime law."
The U.S. official said the unguided rockets were likely fired from an Iranian navy that was in Omani waters, adding that the American and French warships did not need to take evasive action against the rockets which were fired on December 26.
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