Iran warplanes bully two western vessels during drill 1/22/2018 11:27:05 PM Iranian regime navy harasses US navy ships LONDON (Reuters) JANUARY 22, 2018  - Iranian warplanes warned off two “coalition vessels” during military drill in waters off the country’s southeast, a senior naval officer said, in the latest confrontation between Iranian and western forces that patrol the Gulf. The vessels approached the area of the drills early on Monday to monitor Iranian ships, said Rear Admiral Mahmoud Mousavi, spokesman for the drills, according to Tasnim news agency. “Iranian drones identified the vessels, then Iranian planes flew over them and gave them a warning. The Iranian army launched two days of exercises on Monday involving ground, naval and air forces in the country’s south and southeast, near the Makran Coast, and other areas in the Gulf of Oman. There have been periodic confrontations between the Iranian and U.S. military in the Gulf - a major trade rout...