--- description: Iran denies the claim title: Iran: Video Shows Iran Firing Rockets Near U.S. Carrier image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83102a89150a0319/698878518e060144e64640c9/screen-shot-2016-01-09-at-5-16-55-pm.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Iran](/tag/iran/) ## Iran Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Navy Says Video Shows Iran Firing Rockets Near U.S. Carrier  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 9, 2016 10:19 PM CUT   by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 9, 2016 10:19 PM CUT The U.S. Navy has released a video it says shows an Iranian ship [firing rockets](http://www.navytimes.com/story/military/2016/01/09/navy-video-shows-iranian-rockets-launched-near-truman-other-warships/78554342/ "undefined") in the vicinity of the American aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman in the strait of Hormuz, a heavily trafficked maritime passage and the only sea outlet from the Persian Gulf. U.S. Central Command officials say that on December 26th, an Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessel announced it would be carrying out a life-fire exercise about 20 minutes before firing unguided rockets near the aircraft carrier and other allied ships and commercial vessels, _NavyTimes_ reports. Though the rockets were fired away from the Truman, a Navy spokesperson said firing any weapons “so close to passing coalition ships and commercial traffic within an internationally recognized maritime traffic lane is unsafe, unprofessional and inconsistent with international maritime law.” The navy first made the incident public last month and [released](http://www.navytimes.com/story/military/2016/01/09/navy-video-shows-iranian-rockets-launched-near-truman-other-warships/78554342/ "undefined") the video to the _Military Times_ in accordance with an Freedom of Information Act request. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard denied the incident occurred at all, calling the claim an act of “psychological warfare” against the Islamic Republic. \[[_NavyTimes_](http://www.navytimes.com/story/military/2016/01/09/navy-video-shows-iranian-rockets-launched-near-truman-other-warships/78554342/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4174220/iran-navy-rockets-aircraft-carrier/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4174220/iran-navy-rockets-aircraft-carrier/"},"headline":"Navy Says Video Shows Iran Firing Rockets Near U.S. Carrier","datePublished":"2016-01-09T22:19:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:55:56.338Z","description":"Iran denies the claim","url":"https://time.com/4174220/iran-navy-rockets-aircraft-carrier/","keywords":["Iran"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83102a89150a0319/698878518e060144e64640c9/screen-shot-2016-01-09-at-5-16-55-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83102a89150a0319/698878518e060144e64640c9/screen-shot-2016-01-09-at-5-16-55-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2016-01-09 at 5.16.55 PM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/iran/","name":"Iran"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4174220/iran-navy-rockets-aircraft-carrier/","name":"Navy Says Video Shows Iran Firing Rockets Near U.S. Carrier"}}]}] ```