Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini said today that the act taken by Iran in connection with a U.S. Navy ship was normal.
Hosseini told the official Iranian news agency IRNA in an exclusive interview: "That's something normal, taking place every now and then for each party, and it (the problem) is settled after identification of the two parties."
He recalled that the same thing had happened in the past as well, and had concluded as the two parties identified each other.
According to IRNA, some Western media had late Monday quoted U.S. officials as saying that several Iranian speedboats had approached several U.S. Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz. IRNA also said that U.S. officials claimed that during the incident warnings had been exchanged between the two sides.
Source: IRNA, Iran, January 7, 2008
