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		</div><p>Iran&#8217;s elite Revolutionary Guard said a US navy aircraft carrier fired a warning shot in an &#8220;unprofessional&#8221; confrontation with Iranian vessels, the official IRNA news agency has reported.</p>
<p>IRNA quoted a statement as saying that the USS Nimitz and an accompanying ship came near an Iranian oil offshore platform in the Persian Gulf and a helicopter from the ship hovered near vessels manned by Iran&#8217;s elite Revolutionary Guard.</p>
<p>The report said the confrontation took place on Friday afternoon and the US navy ships left the area following the encounter.</p>
<p>The incident comes after a US navy patrol boat fired warning shots on Tuesday near an Iranian vessel that American sailors said came dangerously close to them during a tense encounter.</p>
<p>Iran and the US frequently have run-ins in the Persian Gulf, nearly all involving the Revolutionary Guard, a separate force from Iran&#8217;s military which answers only to the country&#8217;s supreme leader.</p>
<p>In January, near the end of then-president Barack Obama&#8217;s term, the USS Mahan fired shots toward Iranian fast-attack boats as they neared the destroyer in the Strait of Hormuz.</p>
<p>Iranian forces view the American presence in the Gulf as a provocation. They have accused the US navy of unprofessional behaviour, especially in the Strait of Hormuz, the mouth of the Persian Gulf through which a third of all oil trade passes by sea.</p>
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