Not all seem to agree:
Iran ‘harassed’ US aircraft carrier in Strait of Hormuz
http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/iran-harassed-us-aircraft-carrier-in-strait-of-hormuzLaura Mackenzie, March 22, 2017
A US aircraft carrier was "harassed" and "threatened" by armed Revolutionary Guard vessels while passing through the Strait of Hormuz this week, as the ship’s captain said the lack of stability and predictability from Iran was the main security threat facing the Arabian Gulf.
The US navy said up to 20 small Iranian vessels were involved in the incident which took place on Tuesday as the USS George HW Bush was sailing to the northern Gulf to take part in anti-ISIL operations.
It was not clear if all of the Iranian boats, known as Fast Inshore Attack Craft, were armed.
"The number one thing that bothers me is they [the Iranian vessels] had their weapons uncovered," said Rear Admiral Kenneth Whitesell, the commander of the Bush carrier strike group – an operational formation of the US navy that includes around 70 aircraft and seven smaller vessels.
"The second thing that bothers me is that they had their weapons manned. And the third thing ... is they were loading their weapons while they were rendezvousing us and they were coming right after us."
Admiral Whitesell described the incident – in which one of the carrier’s helicopters was threatened, according to the US navy – as "very aggressive". At one point, an Iranian boat was less than 900 metres from the carrier.
"It’s unprofessional behaviour, it’s harassment behaviour and it’s something you wouldn’t expect when you’ve got a hundred giant vessels per day going through the Strait of Hormuz, and – at least from the flow of oil – the most critical strait in the world," said Admiral Whitesell.
"This is their routine behaviour, which in any other area of the world, any other maritime environment, this would be seen as a violation of international law."...
