The Country that Cried Wolf?

The U.S. says that they were threatened and harassed by some Iranian patrol boats. Iran says that the U.S. is exaggerating the story, and in fact making up the part about threats. I would have assumed, in the past, that our great and good government would not lie about such things. But we've heard too many lies to just assume that it's the Iranians and not our own government this time. Didn't they ever read or hear about the boy who cried wolf?

Iran has now released a video of their guys out at sea asking the US ships for their name and position. The battleships' response was that they were in international waters. Now, obviously, Iran could be showing a film from a different day. Maybe they're not the same patrol boats. But thanks to the behavior of our current president, I don't know who to believe at this point.