Word: iranian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reagan also insisted, however, the United States had not entered a shooting war with Iran, and White House and Pentagon spokesman said the crewmen of the Iranian vessel would be returned to Iran...
WASHINGTON--U.S. military forces had shadowed the Iranian ship they attacked Monday night for days, waiting for conclusive evidence the vessel was laying underwater mines, Pentagon officials said yesterday...
...officials, who requested anonymity, said the vessel Iran Ajr had been tracked by radar and by air for several days as it steamed through the central gulf toward Bahrain "because it had been seen loading suspect devices" before leaving an Iranian port...
...accident" that U.S. helicopters from the frigate USS Jarrett were flying near the Iranian ship Monday night, using infrared sensors to monitor its activities, one official added...
Reporters in a Pentagon press pool who were allowed to visit the Iranian vessel said there were three large gashes in the hull and deck and that it was pocketed by machine-gun fire and stained with blood. They quoted sources as saying it appeared the crew had destroyed documents before abandoning the ship...