IRAN MEDIA CLAIMS US FAKED VIDEO FOOTAGE OF WARSHIP-IRANIAN SPEEDBOATS GULF CONFRONTATION
January 10th 2008 06:53
The BBC reported that Iran's Revolutionary Guards have now claimed that the US navy fabricated evidence that a convoy of its ships was harassed by Iranian speedboats in Gulf waters on Sunday.
This comes after the Iranian Foreign Minister played down the incident as one of mistaken identity.
The US released grainy footage, apparently showing small boats speeding near the American warships on Sunday. In an audio recording, an Iranian radio operator appears to say "I am coming at you; you will explode".
Iranian state-run TV quoted a Revolutionary Guards source as saying, "The footage released by the US Navy are file pictures and the audio has been fabricated"
Also, well before the allegation of faked footage, The Tehran Times reported,
“Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini also played down the incident, saying it was an issue of mistaken identity.
“’This happens between the two sides every once in a while, and after the two sides identify each other, the issue is resolved.’
”The incident was ‘similar to previous ones’ that were resolved ‘once the two sides recognized each other,’ Hosseini explained.”
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