China News Service, April 29. According to the Associated Press, the US Navy said on the 28th that on the evening of the 26th, three Iranian military speedboats quickly approached the US coast patrol ship "Perak" and the Coast Guard in the Persian Gulf. The patrol ship "Baranoff" and the "Pili" fired at the Iraqi ships to warn them. At that time, the distance between the two parties was even less than 100 meters.

Data map: A US warship is traveling in the Persian Gulf.

  The US stated that at that time, the crew of the US ship used radios and loudspeakers to issue multiple warnings after spotting the Iranian speedboat, but the other party did not respond and continued to approach the US ship.

At the nearest time, the distance between the two parties was only 62 meters.

  Later, the "Thunderbolt" fired a warning. In the picture released by the US, it seemed that a tracer could be seen across the water.

The Iraqi speedboat sailed out of the waters where the incident occurred.

This is also the first similar fire incident between the United States and Iran in four years.

  According to the Associated Press analysis, on land, the distance of 100 meters may be very long, but for large warships that are difficult to turn quickly, this is a fairly close distance. Even smaller ships may collide with each other at sea. .

  In fact, this is already the second conflict between US and Iranian ships within a month.

The US statement stated that on April 2, local time, Iranian ships had repeatedly passed in front of two US Coast Guard ships, and the two sides were only 64 meters apart recently.

  The US stated that at that time, the "Monomoi" patrol ship had to "brake hard" to avoid collision.

The picture released by the US showed that the "brake" was stepped on, causing the "Monomoi" engine to billow with black smoke.

  In fact, there have been many similar conflicts between the United States and Iran in the Persian Gulf. Among them, on January 12, 2016, when 10 U.S. sailors were training in the Persian Gulf, the ship strayed into Iranian waters due to equipment failure on the ship. , Has also been detained by the Iraqi side.

  At the time when the two sides "fired" in the waters of the Persian Gulf, the relevant parties to the comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue were meeting in the Austrian capital of Vienna to discuss the issue of the United States and Iran to resume the implementation of the agreement.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Araghi said on April 27 that the negotiations are progressing on the right track, but there are still important challenges ahead to deal with.