Al-Monitor: Iran denies US Navy’s account of run-in in Persian Gulf
Iran has accused the US Navy of “false narratives” and “unprofessional behavior” in the latest run-in with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has rejected the Pentagon’s account of a tense encounter with the US Navy near the Strait of Hormuz this week.
On Tuesday, the IRGC Navy called Pentagon press secretary John Kirby’s statement about the incident on Monday “false,” blaming the United States’ “illegitimate presence” in the Gulf for the tensions, according to IRGC-run Sepah News.
The statement accused the US Navy of making “false narratives” and “unprofessional behavior” in the strait.
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WNU Editor: The Iranians are referring to this incident .... US Warship Fires 30 Warning Shots At 13 Iranian Attack Boats Targeting Guided-Missile Submarine Georgia And Its Escort Of Seven Military Vessels (May 10, 2021).
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The USA should blow these Iranian boats out of the water, instead of just firing "warning shots". The American people still remember the storming of the US Embassy in Tehran in 1979. One day the US will have justice for that crime.
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