Following an engagement with Iranian warships, a US naval ship fires warning shots.

According to the Pentagon, a US naval ship fires warning shots after 13 warships from the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) of Iran approached it and other American Navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.

After a relative lull in such encounters over the last year, a US naval ship fires warning shots twice in the previous month. As a result of what they said dangerous activity by Iranian vessels in the area.

According to Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, the warning shots fired after the Iranian fast boats approached six US military warships, including the USS Monterey, which were escorting the guided-missile submarine Georgia.

An Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) fast in-shore attack craft (FIAC), a type of speedboat armed with machine guns, speeds near US naval vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, May 10, 2021. According to US authorities, a fleet of 13 armed Revolutionary Guard speedboats made “unsafe and unprofessional” high-speed maneuvers against US Navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. As two Iranian boats came dangerously near, a US Coast Guard cutter fired warning shots.

Before the Iranian warships departed; a US naval ship fire warning shots from a.50-caliber machine gun, according to Kirby.

“It’s critical… and they were acting violently,” he said. Adding that the number of Iranian ships was higher than in previous years.

In April, a US naval ship fires warning shots in the Gulf. After three IRGCN boats approached it and another American patrol craft.

The new event occurs as world powers. Iran work to accelerate negotiations to get Washington and Tehran back into line with the 2015 nuclear agreement.

US officials returned to Vienna last week for the fourth round of indirect negotiations with Iran. These negotiations are about how to restore conformity with the agreement. It suspended by former US President Donald Trump in 2018. This caused Iran to begin breaching its terms almost a year later.