US Mulls Military Hotline To Tehran -- The Australian/Wall Street Journal
A series of "near-miss" encounters between American and Iranian forces in the Persian Gulf has lead US officials to look at establishing a direct military hotline with Tehran, The Wall Street Journal has reported.
US officials said they are especially worried about a fleet of speedboats likely controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Tehran's elite military force.
The high-performance boats, which can be equipped with missiles, regularly challenge US and allied warships that transit through the Persian Gulf.
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