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Persian Gulf #106692

ABC Evening News for Tuesday, Nov 03, 1987
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.

(Persian Gulf: Dean Reynolds) Investigation by Pentagon of Sunday's incident in which USS Carr fired upon alleged Iranian gunboat reported; details given, scenes shown. Sources in Gulf and in Iran noted saying boats fired upon were from United Arab Emirates, not Iran. Map shown of Strait of Hormuz and Abu Musa Island area. United States officials' day-by-day stmts. about incident discussed. Continued dangers to neutral ships discussed. Reflagged American convoy shown sailing up Gulf to Kuwait.

Reporter(s):
Jennings, Peter;
Reynolds, Dean
Duration:
00:02:00

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