Tehran: Iran today played down an incident between Iranian forces and US naval ships in the Strait of Hormuz, describing the event as an "ordinary occurrence," the state news agency IRNA reported.
"This is an ordinary occurrence which happens every now and then for both sides," foreign ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini told the agency. When such incident take place, he said, "the issue is resolved after both sides recognise each other".
Pentagon officials said that Iranian speedboats swarmed three US navy ships in the strategic Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, radioing a threat to blow them up.
