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CNN reports that a U.S. Navy patrol craft fired warning shots at an Iranian vessel:
A US Navy patrol craft fired three warning shots at an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps boat Wednesday after US officials said it had harassed that patrol craft, CNN has learned. Another US patrol craft and a Kuwaiti Navy ship were also harassed in the incident, which took place in the northern end of the Persian Gulf.
At one point, the Iranian boat came within 200 yards of one of the US Navy boats. When it failed to leave the area after the Navy had fired flares and had a radio conversation with the Iranian crew, the US officials said, the USS Squall fired three warning shots. Following standard maritime procedures, the Navy fired the three shots into the water to ensure the Iranians understood they needed to leave the immediate area.
Also at Reuters.
The incident occurred a day after four Iranian vessels made a "high speed intercept" of a U.S. warship.
(Score: 3, Informative) by fritsd on Friday August 26 2016, @09:46PM
Actually, the idea of "the ocean is for everyone" was worked out in detail about 400 years ago by Hugo de Groot [wikipedia.org] (a lawyer; but, a good one apparently).
The book's called Mare Liberum [wikipedia.org] and caused quite a stir with its invention of international law.
The reason why it was published, and he wasn't just burned at the stake with all the existing exemplars as kindling, is that it was to the benefit of the Dutch republic government of the time.
So that's why the seas are currently free.
What I learned about it from primary school history class: he escaped from prison inside a box of books, and he was a filthy protestant.
(So much for primary school history classes)