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TEHRAN: Iranian state television on Thursday aired a video taken by
Iranian forces of an incident in the Strait of Hormuz with US
warships, in a bid to counter footage issued by the Pentagon.
The four-minute video broadcast by
English-language channel Press-TV showed an Iranian commander in a
speedboat contacting an American sailor via radio, asking him to
identify the US vessels and state their purpose.
“Coalition warship number 73 this is an
Iranian patrol,” the Iranian commander is heard to say in good
English.
“This is coalition warship number 73. I am
operating in international waters,” comes the reply.
The Pentagon released a video and audiotape on
Tuesday that it said confirmed US charges that Iranian speedboats
swarmed around US warships in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday and
radioed a threat to blow them up.
The confrontation has further inflamed tensions
between Iran and the United States that are locked in a standoff
over Tehran’s controversial nuclear drive.
-- AFP
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