Its not too soon to say they were in disputed waters. Read heric's link. Those waters have been disputed for a long time and since the Brits knew the boundaries were unclear, they should not have provoked the incident. In fact, it appears the Brits were being bullies and Iran called them on it.

btw teribus - I never said that Iran possessed an 'abundance of peaceful intent'. I do think they are more advanced than Britain when it comes to intelligence and military strategies and, without a doubt, they are much smarter that you. Trouble is teribus, you're thinking follows a predictable pattern. You can't seem to think outside the box. That enable Iran to run circles around your western mind.