Iran SEIZES two US Navy sea drones and then gives them back during second confrontation in 12 days: Tensions build after encounter in the Red Sea

 Iran SEIZES two US Navy sea drones and then gives them back during second confrontation in 12 days: Tensions build after encounter in the Red Sea

• Iran seized two U.S. Navy sea drones on Thursday in the Red Sea off Yemen
• They were later released as American warships closed in on an Iranian destroyer 
• Iranian state TV showed sailors examining two Saildrone Explorers
• They were apparently thrown overboard as U.S. warships closed in 
• The incident follows a similar episode in the Persian Gulf
• And last week American forces exchanged fire with Iran-backed troops in Syria

• Iran on Friday said it had released two American sea drones that it seized in the Red Sea in the latest maritime showdown involving the U.S. Navy's new water-borne drone fleet in the Middle East. 

  The showdown is the latest reminder of tensions between the United States and Iran, following exchanges of fire between American troops and Iranian-backed forces in Syria, and as the two counties close in on a new nuclear deal.

  Iranian state television broadcast footage it said came from the deck of its Jamaran destroyer.

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