Trump warns attack on Iranian ships if they obstruct America's army

American President Donald Trump said he ordered the U.S. Navy to attack and destroy any Iranian ships that prevent American ships at sea.

I have instructed the United States Navy to destroy Iranian warships if they challenge our ships at sea”, Trump said through a post on the social Twitter network.

The order comes a week after a U.S. Navy video, showed several Iranian ships with combat vehicles approaching the American and they sailed into the Persian Gulf, near Kuwait.

The US Navy said that at the time of the incidents its ships were in international waters performing exercises.

Marina said 11 Iran's Islamic Guard Corps vessels (IRGC) made dangerous and exciting “approaches to American ships.

But Trump did not mention any specific events as well as any other details in his post.

An Iranian Army spokesman reacted by saying the United States needs “to focus on saving its armed forces from Coronavirus”, Iranian news agency I reported. SNA.

Close interactions with Iranian military ships have taken place in the region as well as in the past. American ships have sometimes taken warning shots against Iranian ships.

Tensions between Iran and the United States rose in January after the United States killed Kurdish Force Commander Qasem Solejmani in an attack fearing in Iraq.