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Tehran denies confronting US ship
An Iranian navy source on Friday said there had been no confrontation with a US ship in the Gulf, Iranian TV reported, after a US official said a ship contracted by the US Military Sealift Command fired on an Iranian vessel.
- Reuters
- Published: 00:35 April 26, 2008
Tehran: An Iranian navy source on Friday said there had been no confrontation with a US ship in the Gulf, Iranian TV reported, after a US official said a ship contracted by the US Military Sealift Command fired on an Iranian vessel.
"No confrontation took place in the [Arabian] Gulf between Iranian and American ships," a journalist for Iran's state-owned Arabic Al Alam TV channel told Reuters, quoting the navy source. He quoted the source as saying any shooting that may have occurred could have targeted a non-Iranian vessel.
A US defence official said a vessel chartered by the US military fired warning shots at two speedboats believed to be Iranian that approached it in the Gulf.
The incident involving the Westward Venture occurred on Thursday "dozens of miles" from the Iranian coastline, said the official.
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