The US Navy has responded to a distress call from a cargo ship that was fired on by the Iranian Navy in the waters of the Persian Gulf.
The Maersk Tigris and its crew are now being being escorted to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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