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Iran shows video of navy standoff | Iran shows video of navy standoff |
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Iranian state-run TV has broadcast video it says shows a controversial naval standoff between Revolutionary Guards patrols and US warships. | Iranian state-run TV has broadcast video it says shows a controversial naval standoff between Revolutionary Guards patrols and US warships. |
There is no sign of threatening behaviour by the Iranian boats, as alleged by US officials who said their actions were dangerous and provocative. | There is no sign of threatening behaviour by the Iranian boats, as alleged by US officials who said their actions were dangerous and provocative. |
However, the four-minute clip does not appear to show the whole incident in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday. | However, the four-minute clip does not appear to show the whole incident in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday. |
Iran accuses the US of faking video and audio evidence to support its claims. | Iran accuses the US of faking video and audio evidence to support its claims. |
"Coalition warship number 73 this is an Iranian patrol," the Iranian commander is heard to say in clear English in the footage, broadcast on Iran's English-language Press TV . | |
"This is coalition warship number 73. I am operating in international waters," comes the reply. | |
On Tuesday the US military released video and audio it said confirmed its allegation that Iranian speedboats harassed US warships and threatened to blow them up in a radio communication. | |
Iran described the incident as a routine contact which happens all the time in the crowded waters of the Gulf. | |
The confrontation has further inflamed tensions between arch-foes Iran and the United States. | |
US President George W Bush is currently on a tour of the Middle East which will tackle what the Americans see as the threat posed by Iran to regional stability. |