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Iran Halts Provocations Against U.S. Ships in Persian Gulf
(AP-CBS News) Iranian naval forces appear to have deliberately halted their provocations against U.S. Navy ships in the Persian Gulf in recent months, Navy Cmdr. William Urban, spokesman for U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, said Thursday. There have been no "unsafe and unprofessional" actions by Iranian naval forces in the Gulf since August 2017. Prior to that, Iranian vessels had periodically made high-speed approaches to U.S. ships that were considered dangerous provocations. "It seems like they've absolutely made a conscious decision to give us more space," he said. "That is definitely a change in their behavior."