Video released to the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service captures the moment the U.S. Navy 5th Fleet force the Iranian Shahid Baziar to release an unlawfully towed unmanned surface vessel.

The U.S. Navy patrol coastal ship USS Thunderbolt approaches from behind Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy support vessel Shahid Baziar as the Iranians attempt to unlawfully tow a 5th Fleet unmanned surface-vessel that was operating in international waters.

The U.S. Navy has yet to comment on the situation. The footage has been released for the sake of transparency as the Iranians were attempting to unlawfully tow American Naval equipment that was operating legally inside of international waters.