* US gunboats fired warning shots at three Iranian vessels in Gulf on Monday
* Move was in response to what US called 'close range maneuvers' by Iran Navy
* After shots fired, Iran vessels 'moved away to a safe distance from US vessels'
* On Monday, US accused Iranian navy of 'unsafe and unprofessional interaction'
* Tense encounter took place in international waters in the Persian Gulf on April 2
* Iranian Revolutionary Guard ship cut across the bows of two USCG vessels
* US Navy calls the incident an 'unsafe and unprofessional interaction'
A US military ship fired warning shots after three vessels from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) came close to it and another American patrol boat in the Gulf, the United States military said on Tuesday.
'The US crews issued multiple warnings via bridge-to-bridge radio and loud-hailer devices, but the IRGCN vessels continued their close range maneuvers,' the military statement said.
'The crew of Firebolt then fired warning shots, and the IRGCN vessels moved away to a safe distance from the US vessels,' the statement added, using the name for the US Navy patrol ship.
Earlier this month, the Navy said that an Iranian warship repeatedly crossed the bows of US military vessels in international waters in an 'unsafe and unprofessional interaction.'
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